| Arnetta fito | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Arnetta |
| Species: | A. fito |
| Binomial name | |
| Arnetta fito Evans, 1937 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Arnetta fito is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Madagascar. [2] The habitat consists of forests.
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.
The superfamily Papilionoidea contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Brigadier William Harry Evans was a lepidopterist and British Army officer who served in India. He documented the butterfly fauna of India, Burma and Ceylon in a series of articles in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Brigadier Evans was especially interested in the taxonomy and systematics of the butterfly families Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae an example being his A revision of the Arhopala group of Oriental Lycaenidae Bull. British Mus. , Ent., vol. 5: pp. 85–141 (1957).
Arnetta mercara, the Coorg forest hopper or Coorg forest bob, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kerala and Karnataka.
Arnetta vindhiana, the Vindhyan bob, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is native to India.
Borbo cinnara, commonly known as the rice swift, Formosan swift or rice leaf folder, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, and Australia.
Gegenes nostrodamus, commonly known as the dingy swift, light pygmy skipper, Mediterranean skipper or veloz de las rieras, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Mediterranean Sea, through Anatolia to Turkestan and India.
Pelopidas mathias, the dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of south, southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in tropical Africa and Arabia.
Arnetta atkinsoni is a species of skipper butterfly found in South Asia.
Arnetta is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Galerga is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.
Arnetta ellipsis is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern, central and eastern Madagascar. The habitat consists of forest margins, cleared forests and anthropogenic environments.
Arnetta verones, the Sumatran bob, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1878. It is found in Malaysia and on Borneo and Sumatra.
Malaza fastuosus is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Madagascar.
