Neoxeniades | |
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Plate: Hesperia II Hesperia cincia accepted as Neoxeniades cincia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Carystina |
Genus: | Neoxeniades Hayward, 1938 [1] |
Synonyms | |
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Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Neoxeniades include:
The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal brand of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females.
The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae.
Apyrrothrix is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Aurina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini.
Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Codatractus is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Xeniades 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.
Orthos is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Parphorus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus.
Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Potamanaxas is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Ridens is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Saliana is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Telemiades is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Thracides is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Vacerra is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.