Virga (butterfly)

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Virga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Virga
Evans, [1955]

Virga is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Virga include:

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References

  1. ↑ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC   8975183 . PMID   35370352.


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