Hesperiini | |
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Male large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
Tribe: | Hesperiini Latreille, 1809 |
Subtribes | |
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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]
Poanes is a genus of skipper butterflies distributed throughout North and Central America. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.
The Astictopterini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. As most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, more genera may be placed here eventually.
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies. Their original type genus Eudamus is today a junior synonym of Urbanus. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North America, and one genus, Lobocla, endemic to East Asia.
The Pyrgini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Formerly, when only four tribes of Pyrginae were recognized, the Pyrgini contained the largest number of genera among these. But this overly wide delimitation has since turned out to be paraphyletic.
The giant skippers (Megathymini) are a tribe of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae.
Anisochoria is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Nastra is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Phlebodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.
Vehilius 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.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.
Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies found in North and South America. The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin. The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name.