Hesperilla

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Hesperilla
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Hesperilla ornata, Australia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Trapezitinae
Genus: Hesperilla
Hewitson, 1868
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Antipodia chaostola
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Hesperilla idothea, Australia

Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia. [1]

Contents

As a result of research published in 2022, the species of the genera Motasingha and Oreisplanus were transferred to Hesperilla. [2]

Species

The genus includes the following species: [1]

Former Species

These species were formerly in the genus Hesperilla: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus Hesperilla Hewitson, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. 1 2 Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1407–1421. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.


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