Fresna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Astictopterini |
Genus: | Fresna Evans, 1937 [1] |
Fresna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are commonly known as Acraea skippers.
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 are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhinini.
Bibasis, the awlets, are a genus of mostly-diurnal skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species, the remainder having been removed to Burara. Hideyuki Chiba's 2009 revision of subfamily Coeliadinae retained those three and added B. mahintha as a fourth species.
Panoquina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Arnetta is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Astictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. There are two species groups, one Afrotropical, the other Indomalayan.
Caenides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Ceratrichia is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. They are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Erionota is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
Gretna is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Gretnini.
Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Hypoleucis is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Leona is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Malaza is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Pteroteinon is an Afrotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Xanthodisca is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Fresna nyassae, also known as the variegated Acraea skipper or variegated Acraea hopper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Ghana and Kenya to South Africa.
The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.
Gorgyra is an Afrotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Larvae feed mainly on Connaraceae, including Rourea. Other recorded larval food plants include Drypetes and Macadamia. Their habitat is generally lowland tropical rain forest and savanna.