Hypoleucis

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Hypoleucis
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Hypoleucis ophiusa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Astictopterini
Genus: Hypoleucis
Mabille, 1891 [1]

Hypoleucis is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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References

  1. Hypoleucis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms