''Chaetocneme'' is

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

skipper butterflies 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 ...

in the

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Hesperiidae. The genus was established in 1860 with ''"Chaetocneme corvus"'' – then newly described as it was believed – as the

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

. However, the same

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

was already described by

Pieter Cramer Pieter Cramer (21 May 1721 (baptized) – 28 September 1776) was a wealthy Netherlands, Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, remembered as an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushin ...

in 1775 under the name ''"Papilio helirius"''. Thus, the type species is nowadays called ''

Chaetocneme helirius ''Chaetocneme'' is genus of skipper butterflies in the family (biology), family Hesperiidae. The genus was established in 1860 with ''"Chaetocneme corvus"'' – then newly described as it was believed – as the type species. However, t ...

''.

Selected species

* '' Chaetocneme beata'' * '' Chaetocneme denitza'' * ''

'' * '' Chaetocneme richardsi''

References

Hesperiidae Hesperiidae genera {{Hesperiidae-stub