The Astictopterini are a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
in the
Hesperiinae
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Description and distribution
With over 2,000 described sp ...
subfamily of skipper
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
. As most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, more
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
may be placed here eventually.
Species
Recognised genera in the tribe Astictopterini include:
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Aeromachus''
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Artitropa
''Artitropa'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*''Artitropa alaotrana'' Oberthür, 1916
*''Artitropa boseae'' (Saalmüller, 1880)
*''Artitropa cama'' Evans, 1937
*''Artitropa comus'' (Cramer, 1782)
*'' Artitropa erinnys ...
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Holland, 1896
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Astictopterus''
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Ceratricula
''Ceratricula'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a ...
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Larsen, 2013
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Dotta''
Grishin, 2019
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Eogenes''
Mabille, 1909
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Fresna
''Fresna'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separa ...
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Evans, 1937
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Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
Histor ...
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Evans, 1937
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Galerga''
Mabille, 1897
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Gorgyra
In Greek mythology, Orphne (; grc, Ὀρφνή, Orphnḗ, from ), also known as Styx (; ) or Gorgyra (; , from ), was a nymph that lived in Hades. With Acheron, she mothered Ascalaphus.
Orphne also seems to be one translation of the name of the ...
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Holland, 1896
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Halpe
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*''Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*''Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, L ...
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Hollandus''
Larsen and Collins, 2015
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Lennia''
Grishin, 2022
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Lissia''
Grishin, 2019
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Nervia
The Nervia is a stream of Liguria (Italy).
Geography
The river rises near Monte Pietravecchia, in the Ligurian Alps, and flows through the Valle Nervia mainly heading south. It passes through the communes of Pigna and Isolabona; around one ...
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Grishin, 2019
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Onryza
''Onryza'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae found in China and Indochina.The genus was formed by Edward Yerbury Watson
Edward Yerbury Watson (27 July 1864 – 8 November 1897) was an English entomologist who specialised in ...
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Pithauria
''Pithauria'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Pithauria linus'' Evans, 1937
*'' Pithauria marsena'' (Hewitson, 866
*'' Pithauria murdava'' (Moore, 866
*'' Pithauria stramineipennis'' Wood-Mason & de Nicévill ...
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Thoressa
''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China.
Spe ...
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Trida''
Grishin, 2022
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Xanthonymus''
Grishin, 2019
References
Butterfly tribes
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