''Dion'' 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 ''Dion'' include:
* ''
Dion agassus''
(Mabille, 1891)
* ''
Dion carmenta''
(Hewitson, 1870)
* ''
Dion gemmatus''
(Butler, 1872)
* ''
Dion iccius''
(Evans, 1955)
* ''
Dion meda''
(Hewitson, 1877)
* ''
Dion uza''
(Hewitson, 1877)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa described in 1901
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