| Zopyrion | |
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| Zopyrion sandace | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Pyrgini |
| Genus: | Zopyrion Godman & Salvin, [1896] [1] |
Zopyrion is a genus of butterflies in the Hesperiidae (skipper) family [2] and the Pyrgini tribe. [3] The type species, Zopyrion sandace, was described in 1896 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in their Biologia Centrali-Americana . [2]
Frederick DuCane GodmanDCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS was an English lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. He was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union. Along with Osbert Salvin, he is remembered for studying the fauna and flora of Central America.
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Pseudolycaena is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Thereus is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies. Among these, it belongs belong to the tribe Eumaeini of the subfamily Theclinae. These small butterflies occur essentially all over the Neotropics.
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Cobalopsis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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