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''Atarnes'' 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 ...
. It is
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
, being represented by the single species ''Atarnes sallei''.


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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Hesperiidae genera Pyrginae Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman Taxa named by Osbert Salvin Monotypic butterfly genera Taxa described in 1897 {{Pyrginae-stub