Melanopyge

Melanopyge
	M. maculosa and M. erythrosticta in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Melanopyge ; O. Mielke, 2002

Last updated November 16, 2025

Melanopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Melanopyge cossea (Druce, 1875) cossea skipper - Colombia
Melanopyge erythrosticta (Godman & Salvin, 1879) spotted skipper - southeast Mexico to Panama
Melanopyge hoffmanni (Freeman, 1977) Hoffmann's skipper - southeast Mexico, Belize
Melanopyge maculosa (Hewitson, 1866) maculosa skipper - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Melanopyge mulleri (Bell, 1934) red-spotted skipper - southeast Mexico

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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Melanopyge

M. maculosa and M. erythrosticta in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Melanopyge O. Mielke, 2002