''Aides'' is a
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Aides'':
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Aides aegita''
(Hewitson, 1866) aegita silverpatch – Panama to Bolivia and Brazil
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Aides aestria''
(Hewitson, 1866) type locality Brazil
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Aides brilla''
(H. Freeman, 1970) brilliant silverpatch – southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
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Aides brino''
(Stoll, 1781) brino silverpatch – Honduras, Colombia to Guianas and north Brazil
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Aides duma''
**''Aides duma duma''
Evans, 1955 type locality Argentina
**''Aides duma argyrina''
Cowan, 1970 Panama to south Brazil
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Aides dysoni''
Godman, 1900 Dyson's silverpatch – east Mexico to Colombia
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Aides ocrinus''
(Plötz, 1882) ocrinus silverpatch – Panama, Colombia, French Guiana
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae of South America
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg
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