Andronymus

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Andronymus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Andronymus
Holland, 1896
Synonyms
  • AcromecisMabille, 1904

Andronymus is an Afrotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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