Skipperlings are
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
Genera
The subfamily includes the following genera:
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Apostictopterus
''Apostictopterus'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, ''Apostictopterus fuliginosus'', which is found in India (Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himal ...
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Leech, 1893
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Argopteron''
Watson, 1893
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Barca''
de Nicéville, 1902
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Butleria''
Kirby, 1871
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Carterocephalus
''Carterocephalus'' is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
The wing colour is yellow, white, dark-brown and black with a variously spotted appearance. The hindwing upperside is dark with clear cut rounded light ...
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Lederer, 1852
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Dalla''
Mabille, 1904
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Dardarina''
Evans, 1937
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Freemaniana''
Warren, 2001
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Heteropterus''
Duméril, 1806
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Hovala''
Evans, 1937
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Lepella''
Evans, 1937
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Leptalina''
Mabille, 1904
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Metisella
''Metisella'' is a genus of skippers, commonly called sylphs, in the family Hesperiidae found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera ''Astictopterus'', '' Willema'', and ''Tsitana
''Tsitana'', commonly called sylphs, is a genus of skippers i ...
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Hemming, 1934
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Piruna
''Piruna'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Piruna aea'' (Dyar, 1912)
*'' Piruna ajijiciensis'' Freeman, 1970
*'' Piruna brunnea'' (Scudder, 1872)
*'' Piruna ceracates'' (Hewitson, 1874)
*'' Piruna cyclosticta'' ...
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Evans, 1955
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Tsitana''
Evans, 1937
External links
TOL
Hesperiidae
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