''Argopteron'' is a 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 ...
.
Species
Recognised species in the genus ''Argopteron'' include:
* ''
Argopteron aureipennis''
(Herrich Schäffer, 1869)
Former species
*''Argopteron xicca''
Dyar, 1913 - transferred to ''
Ladda xicca''
(Dyar, 1913)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Heteropterinae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa described in 1893
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