Choranthus | |
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C. capucinus Grand Cayman [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Hesperiini |
Genus: | Choranthus Scudder, [1872] |
Synonyms | |
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Choranthus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Choranthus include: [2]
Erynnis is a genus in the skippers butterfly family Hesperiidae, known as the duskywings. Erynnis is found in the Neotropical realm and across the Palearctic, but the highest species diversity is in the Nearctic. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1801.
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.
Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species.
Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They belong to the spread-winged skipper subfamily (Pyrginae), and therein are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhini.
Panoquina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Metzneria is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.
Amblyscirtes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.
Atrytonopsis is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Cabares is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Cecropterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina. It has three subgenera: Cecropterus, Thorybes and Murgaria.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Elbella is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.
Kedestes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, commonly known as rangers. The genus is restricted to the Afrotropical realm, where it occurs mostly in the East and South. The larvae of several species feed on grasses. It is thought to be related to Ampittia.
Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus.
Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Platylesches is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, commonly called hoppers, found in Africa.
Porphyrogenes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.
Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
The Erionotini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies.