''Cymaenes'' 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 include:
* ''
Cymaenes aequatoria''
(Hayward, 1940)
* ''
Cymaenes edata''
(Plötz, 1882)
* ''
Cymaenes idria''
Evans, 1955
* ''
Cymaenes isus''
(Godman, 1900)
* ''
Cymaenes laureolus''
(Schaus, 1913)
* ''
Cymaenes lochius''
Plötz, 1882
* ''
Cymaenes loxa''
Evans, 1955
* ''
Cymaenes lumina
''Cymaenes lumina'', the fawn-spotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They we ...
''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* ''
Cymaenes miqua''
(Dyar, 1913)
* ''
Cymaenes psyllus''
(Mabille, 1898)
* ''
Cymaenes sipariana''
Kaye, 1925
* ''
Cymaenes tripunctus''
( Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
Former species
*''Cymaenes corescene''
(Stoll, 1782) - synonymized to ''
Cymaenes lumina
''Cymaenes lumina'', the fawn-spotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They we ...
''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
*''Cymaenes fraus''
Godman, 1900 - transferred to ''
Vidius fraus''
(Godman, 1900)
*''Cymaenes odilia''
(Burmeister, 1878) - synonymized to ''
Cymaenes lumina
''Cymaenes lumina'', the fawn-spotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They we ...
''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
*''Cymaenes trebius''
(Mabille, 1891) - synonymized to ''
Cymaenes lumina
''Cymaenes lumina'', the fawn-spotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They we ...
''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Taxa described in 1872
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