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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Trapezitinae |
Genus: | Prada Evans, 1949 |
Prada is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Prada include: [1]
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Gomalia is a monotypic genus of hesperiid butterfly. Gomalia elma, the marbled skipper or African marbled skipper, is found in Africa and parts of Asia.
Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They belong to the spread-winged skipper subfamily (Pyrginae), and therein are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhinini.
Hasora khoda, the large banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.
Choaspes plateni, the branded awlking, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in Asia. Known food plants include Meliosma (Meliosmaceae) and Pometia (Sapindaceae)
Choaspes xanthopogon, the similar awlking, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Trapezitinae is a subfamily of the Hesperiidae ("skippers") family of butterflies. They are found only in New Guinea and Australia. The subfamily contains about 60 species in 19 genera.
Carcharodus is a Palearctic genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Gretna is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Gretnini.
Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Iliana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with Iliana romulus as type species. The genus has a neotropical distribution.
Naevolus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Darpa is a genus of spread-wingedskippers in the family Hesperiidae. Their distribution is restricted to the Indomalayan realm.
The Erionotini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies.
Caenides dacela, the common recluse, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. All members of Caenides are within the geographical range that stretches from the Basse Casamance in Senegal to Uganda and Kenya, but generally does not penetrate much south of the Equator. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia. Amongst the genus Caenides, Caenides dacela is the most common and most widely distributed. The habitat consists of forests.