| Banta | |
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| Banta linnei upperside (left), underside (right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Taractrocerini |
| Genus: | Banta Evans, 1949 |
Banta is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. 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.
Gomalia is a monotypic genus of hesperiid butterfly. Gomalia elma, the marbled skipper or African marbled skipper, is found in Africa and parts of Asia.
Zela is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers.
Banta linnei is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Papua on New Guinea.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Eogenes is a Palearctic genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Leona is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Mimene is an Australasian genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Muschampia is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Osphantes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Osphantes ogowena, the lobed skipper, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Pastria is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Sabera is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Sovia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species are found in the Indomalayan realm The genus was erected by William Harry Evans in 1949
Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Tsitana, commonly called sylphs, is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae are found primarily in Africa. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella.
Euriphellus is a monotypic Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed to genus Phocidini. The genus was separated from Dyscophellus by George Traut Austin in 2008, originally containing a single species, Euriphellus euribates. Since then, several other species have been transferred to the genus.
Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about 12 described species in Burnsius.
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