''Zestusa'' 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 ...
. Species of the genus occur in Mexico and the western United States.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Zestusa'':
* ''
Zestusa dorus
''Zestusa dorus'', the short-tailed skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies ha ...
''
(W. H. Edwards, 1882)
* ''
Zestusa elwesi''
(Godman & Salvin, 1893)
* ''
Zestusa staudingeri
''Zestusa'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Eudaminae. Species of the genus occur in Mexico and the western United States.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Zestusa'':
* ''Zestusa dorus
'' ...
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(Mabille, 1888)
* ''
Zestusa levona''
Steinhauser, 1972
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
FunetTaxonomy, distribution
Hesperiidae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Arthur Ward Lindsey
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