Chloeria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Calpodina |
Genus: | Chloeria Mabille, [1904] |
Chloeria is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. [1]
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