Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Bibasis gomata, commonly known as the pale green awlet, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Northeast India, the Western Ghats and parts of Southeast Asia. The butterfly was reassigned to genus Burara by Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) and is considered by them to be Burara gomata.
Burara jaina, the orange awlet, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in Asia. The butterfly was reassigned to the genus Burara by Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003), and is considered Burara jaina by them.
Choaspes benjaminii, the Indian awlking, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. The species is named after Benjamin Delessert and was described on the basis of a specimen collected by Adolphe Delessert in the Nilgiris.
Hasora badra, the common awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in India.
Hasora taminatus, the white banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in Asia.
Borbo cinnara, commonly known as the rice swift or Formosan swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Australia.
Matapa aria, the common redeye, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India and Southeast Asia.
Pelopidas mathias, the dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of south, southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in tropical Africa and Arabia.
Gomalia is a monotypic genus of hesperiid butterfly. Gomalia elma, the marbled skipper or African marbled skipper, is found in Africa and parts of Asia.
Hasora salanga, the green awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Spialia delagoae, the Delagoa sandman or Delagoa grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal, Swaziland, Zululand, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Kenya. The habitat consists of moist and dry savanna.
Spialia asterodia, the star sandman or Asterodia sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa from the western Cape to the southern part of the north Cape and across the east Cape to Lesotho, the Free State, Swaziland, western KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province, the eastern North West Province and Gauteng. It is also present in southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of grassland and grassy areas in fynbos, Karoo and Bushveld.
Kedestes callicles, the pale ranger, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Platylesches ayresii, the peppered hopper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in bushveld in Botswana, western Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of dry savanna and grassland.
Gegenes hottentota, the marsh Hottentot skipper, Hottentot skipper or Latreille's skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Africa and south-western Arabia. The habitat consists of marshy areas with thick grass, especially in valleys.
The Erionotini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies.
Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species ranges from India to Sulawesi.(That is across the . The species are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes, at least during their life.
