Eogenes Lesliei
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''Eogenes'' is a
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genus of
grass skippers 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 ...
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 ...
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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Eogenes'': *'' Eogenes alcides'' *'' Eogenes lesliei'' (Evans, 1910) the Pakistani skipper (
Chitral Chitral () is a city situated on the Kunar River, Chitral River in northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Lower Chitral District, and was previously the capital of Chitral District, and before ...
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References


Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Hesperiinae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Paul Mabille Taxa described in 1909 {{Hesperiinae-stub