Cumbre | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Moncina |
Genus: | Cumbre Evans, [1955] |
Cumbre is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Cumbre include:
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.
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.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.
Ephyriades is a genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. All the species are found in Central America and the Caribbean.
Cumbre, Spanish for 'Peak' or 'Summit', is an element in various place and other names, most often in the forms La Cumbre or Las Cumbres.