Augiades

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Augiades
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Tribe: Entheini
Genus: Augiades
Hübner, [1819]

Augiades is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini. [1]

Augiades has two species, Augiades crinisus and Augiades epimethea . [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMID   30877254.
  2. "Augiades". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 6 December 2016.