Oeonus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Hesperiina |
Genus: | Oeonus Godman, 1900 |
Oeonus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Oeonus 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.
Adlerodea is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Gallio is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Naevolus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Pellicia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phanes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phlebodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.
Psoralis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Quasimellana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae with a distribution in South America and southern North America.
Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Vehilius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.