Gesta (butterfly)

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Gesta
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Gesta invisus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erynnini
Genus: Gesta
Evans, 1953

Gesta is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Gesta include: [1]


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References

  1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi . 0731: 1–56.