Helias

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Helias
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Helias phalaenoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erynnini
Genus: Helias
Fabricius, 1807

Helias is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Species

Recognised species in the genus Helias include: [1]

Former species

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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.