Aguna (butterfly)

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Aguna
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Aguna aurunce Fig. 20

Aguna asander Fig. 24.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Aguna
Williams, 1927
Synonyms
  • TmetocerusPoujade, 1895

Aguna is a genus of Neotropical skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Aguna: [1] [2]

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References

  1. Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2009). "Aguna". The Tree of Life Web Project.
  2. Funet