Hesperopsis | |
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Hesperopsis libya | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Carcharodini |
Genus: | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1905 |
Hesperopsis is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
Atriplex lentiformis is a species of saltbush.
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.
Hesperopsis libya, the Mojave sootywing, Mohave sootywing, Great Basin sootywing or Lena sooty wing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from eastern Oregon east to Montana and south to southern California, Arizona, and north-western Mexico including Baja California. Its habitats include alkalai flats, sagebrush desert, desert hills, shale barrens, watercourses, and ravines.
Hesperopsis alpheus, the saltbush sootywing, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Hesperopsis gracielae, known generally as the Macneill's sootywing or Mcneill's saltbush sooty-wing, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the family of butterflies known as Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Sootywing is the common name of several species and subspecies of butterfly, including: