''Thorybes'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
subfamily
Eudaminae
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). Their original type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of ''Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North Ameri ...
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Species
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Thorybes bathyllus''
(Smith, 1797) - southern cloudywing
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Thorybes confusis''
E. Bell, 1923 – confused cloudywing Florida May be ''Thorybes mexicana confuses''
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Thorybes diversus
''Thorybes diversus'', the western cloudywing, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae (skipper) family. It is found in the western North America. The range extends along western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain ranges, from southern ...
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Bell, 1927 - western cloudywing
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Thorybes drusius''
(Edwards, 1883) - Drusius cloudywing Southeast Arizona, Southwest New Mexico, West Texas, Mexico.
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Thorybes mexicana''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
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Thorybes pylades''
(Scudder, 1870) - northern cloudywing
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Images representing ''Thorybes''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Eudaminae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
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