Psoralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Moncina |
Genus: | Psoralis Mabille, 1904 |
Synonyms | |
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Psoralis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Psoralis include: [1]
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.
Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies 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.
Drephalys is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Iliana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was first described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with Iliana romulus as the type species. Species of the genus have a neotropical distribution.
Lerema is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Lychnuchus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Molo is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Small, brown and orange smugglers. These species are quite variable, the species of brown and orange varies widely within a species, some individuals also have white spots instead of orange. As is common in Hesperiini, it is almost impossible to recognize the genus only on the outer appearance.
Oeonus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Papias is a Neotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus.
Telemiades is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies 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.