''Pelopidas'' is a

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of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as branded swifts or millet skippers. '' Polytremis kiraizana'' is sometimes placed here too. The genus was described by Francis Walker in 1870.

Notable species

*'' Pelopidas agna'' (Moore, 1865) - dark branded swift *'' Pelopidas assamensis'' (de Nicéville, 1882) - great swift *'' Pelopidas conjucta'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - conjoined swift *'' Pelopidas flava'' (Evans, 1926) *'' Pelopidas jansonis'' (Butler, 1878) *'' Pelopidas lyelli'' (Rothschild, 1915) *'' Pelopidas mathias'' (Fabricius, 1798) - dark small-branded swift *'' Pelopidas sinensis'' (Mabille, 1877) *'' Pelopidas subochracea'' (Moore, 1878) - large branded swift *'' Pelopidas thrax'' (Hübner, 1821) - pale small-branded swift

References

Hesperiidae genera {{Hesperiinae-stub