Gorgopas | |
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Gorgopas chlorocephala | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Carcharodini |
Genus: | Gorgopas Godman & Salvin, [1894] |
Gorgopas is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Gorgopas include: [1]
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.
Anisochoria is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Camptopleura is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Carrhenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Idmon is a genus of grass 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.
Leona is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Nastra is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Niconiades is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Perrotia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phlebodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.
Potamanaxas is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Sarangesa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Most of the species in the genus are found in the Afrotropical realm, while a few are in the Indomalayan realm.
Sostrata is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Vidius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
The Carcharodini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. They are a very diverse but quite plesiomorphic and inconspicuous group distributed throughout the tropics.