Hylephila

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Hylephila
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Hylephila phyleus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Hylephila
Billberg, 1820

Hylephila is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

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