Isoteinon

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Isoteinon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Astictopterini
Genus: Isoteinon
C. & R. Felder, 1862

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

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Isoteinon: [1]

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References

  1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi . 0731: 1–56.