''Tarsoctenus'' is a genus of
Neotropical
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Definition
In bioge ...
butterflies in the family
Hesperiidae
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Funet
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Species
*'' Tarsoctenus corytus'' (Cramer, 777
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Suriname to Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas)
**''T. corytus corytus'' Suriname
**''T. corytus corba'' Evans, 1952 Peru
**''T. corytus gaudialis'' (Hewitson, 1876) Panama
*'' Tarsoctenus papias'' (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Tarsoctenus praecia '' (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil
**''T. praecia praecia'' Brazil (Pará)
**''T. praecia plutia'' (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil (Amazonas)
**''T. praecia rufibasis '' Boullet, 1910 French Guiana
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**''T. praecia luna'' Evans, 1952 Bolivia
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
images representing ''Tarsoctenus'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Eudaminae
Hesperiidae of South America
Lepidoptera of Brazil
Lepidoptera of French Guiana
Butterflies of Central America
Fauna of the Amazon
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Yerbury Watson
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