Prada (skipper)

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Prada
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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.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Prada include: [1]

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References

  1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi . 0731: 1–56.