Hesperiini

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Hesperiini
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Male large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Latreille, 1809
Subtribes
  • Anthoptina
  • Apaustina 
  • Calpodina 
  • Carystina 
  • Falgina 
  • Hesperiina 
  • Moncina
  • Thymelicina

The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers [1] 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. [1] Some subspecies of Hesperiini, such as Thespius Maacki, are found in high-altitude grasslands in areas like Araçatuba Mountain in Paraná, Brazil. [2]

Genera

References

  1. 1 2 Hoskins, Adrian (2015). Butterflies of the World. London Sydney Auckland: Reed New Holland Publishers. p. 121. ISBN   9781921517334.
  2. ↑ Carneiro, Eduardo; Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo (2014). THESPIEUS MAACKISP NOV. (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIINI): A NEW SKIPPER FROM SOUTHERN BRAZILIA. Curitiba, Parana, Brazil: Laboratorio de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoología, Universidade Federal do Parana.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi . 0731: 1–56.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Warren, Andrew D.; Ogawa, Joshua R.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (October 2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea)". Cladistics. 24 (5): 642–676. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00218.x .
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hesperiinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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