Iton (skipper)

Iton
	Iton semamora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Baorini
Genus:	Iton ; de Nicéville, 1895

Last updated December 14, 2025

Iton is a genus of grassskippers in the family Hesperiidae. It has two species, both found in the Indomalayan realm.^[1]

The genus was named by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895.^[2]

Species

Iton semamora (Moore, [1866]) Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Malaya
Iton watsonii (de Nicéville, 1890) Burma

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Footnotes

↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
↑ de Nicéville, 1895, On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 259-321, pl. N-Q, (4): 366-410.

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[1] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

[2] Nicéville, 1895, On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 259-321, pl. N-Q, (4): 366-410.

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Iton

Iton semamora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Baorini
Genus:	Iton de Nicéville, 1895