Conga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Hesperiina |
Genus: | Conga Evans, 1955 |
Conga is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Conga include: [1]
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.
Anisochoria is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Iliana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was first described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with Iliana romulus as the type species. Species of the genus have a neotropical distribution.
Joanna is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Lamponia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Metiscus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species of the genus are found in Central America.
Moeris is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Molla molla is a species of skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Molla.
Naevolus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Nyctus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Oxynthes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Paracarystus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Paratrytone is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Tigasis is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Darpa is a genus of spread-wingedskippers in the family Hesperiidae. Their distribution is restricted to the Indomalayan realm.
The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.
Ephyriades is a genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. All the species are found in Central America and the Caribbean.