Zalomes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Moncina |
Genus: | Zalomes Bell, 1947 |
Synonyms | |
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Zalomes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Recognised species in the genus Zalomes include:
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.
Ampittia is the genus of bush hoppers in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ampittiini.
Greta is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in 1934. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae, and are found in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Madeleinea is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. These Andean butterflies are very interesting from a taxonomic standpoint.
Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.
Iton is a genus of grassskippers in the family Hesperiidae. It has two species, both found in the Indomalayan realm.
Muschampia is a Palearctic genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Pteroteinon is an Afrotropical genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Tapena is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae.
Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Yramea is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in South America.
Lymanopoda is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found in north-western South America.
Sabalia is a genus of moths in the family Brahmaeidae.
Taygetis is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.
Bidorpitia biforis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador.
Punapedaliodes is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.
Lethe distans , the scarce red forester, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm where it is found in Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam to Burma and Thailand