Nastra | |
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Nastra julia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Moncini |
Genus: | Nastra Evans, 1955 |
Nastra is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Nastra include: [1]
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies. Their original type genus Eudamus is today a junior synonym of Urbanus. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North America, and one genus, Lobocla, endemic to East Asia.
The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae.
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Grais is a monotypic skipper butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1894. Its only species, Grais stigmaticus, the hermit skipper, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1883. It is known from the US state of Texas to Argentina and on Jamaica.
Lucida is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Metiscus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species of the genus are found in Central America.
Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Niconiades is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Odina is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1891. The species in this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Potamanaxas is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Quasimellana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae with a distribution in South America and southern North America.
Sarangesa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Most of the contained species are found in the Afrotropical realm a few are Indomalayan
Vehilius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Zestusa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Eudaminae. Species of the genus occur in Mexico and the western United States.
The Carcharodini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. They are a very diverse but quite plesiomorphic and inconspicuous group distributed throughout the tropics.
Moncini is a butterfly tribe in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.
Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies found in North and South America. The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin. The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name.