| Apyrrothrix | |
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| Apyrrothrix araxes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Pyrrhopygini |
| Genus: | Apyrrothrix Lindsey, 1921 |
Apyrrothrix is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. [1]
Funet recognizes two species in the genus Apyrrothrix. [2] While Butterflies of America recognizes Apyrrothrix as a monotypic genus with A. araxes as its sole member and with A. arizonae recognized as subspecies arizonae. [3]
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