Atrytone | |
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Atrytone arogos | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Hesperiini |
Genus: | Atrytone Scudder, 1872 |
Atrytone is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Poanes is a genus of skipper butterflies distributed throughout North and Central America. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.
The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal brand of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females.
Amblyscirtes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Eutychide is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Methionopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Oeonus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Orthos is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Paratrytone is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Parphorus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Quasimellana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae with a distribution in South America and southern North America.
Vehilius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Zariaspes is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.
Rhodonia is a fungal genus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single crust fungus Rhodonia placenta. A brown rot species, R. placenta is found in China, Europe, and North America, where it grows on decaying conifer wood.
Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies found in North and South America. The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin. The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name.