Thespieus

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Thespieus
Chestnut-marked skipper (Thespieus macareus).jpg
Chestnut-marked skipper (Thespieus macareus) underside.jpg
both, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Thespieus
Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900] [1]

Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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References

  1. Thespieus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms