Phlebodes | |
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Phlebodes pertinax | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Moncina |
Genus: | Phlebodes Hübner, [1819] |
Phlebodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.
Recognised species in the genus Phlebodes 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.
Anisochoria is a genus of 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.
Gallio is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Ludens is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Moeris is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Niconiades is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Nyctus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Oeonus 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.
Psoralis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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.
Moncina is a subtribe of butterflies in the skipper subfamily Hesperiinae.