Paratrytone | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Hesperiina |
Genus: | Paratrytone Godman, [1900] |
Paratrytone is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Paratrytone 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.
Apallaga is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Lucida is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Methionopsis 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.
Metrocles is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Moeris is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Nastra is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Oeonus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Orthos is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Parphorus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phlebodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.
Tigasis is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Vehilius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Vettius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Vidius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.