Skipperlings are
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
Genera
The subfamily includes the following genera:
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Apostictopterus
''Apostictopterus'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, ''Apostictopterus fuliginosus'', which is found in India (Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of ...
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Leech, 1893
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Argopteron''
Watson, 1893
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Barca''
de Nicéville, 1902
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Butleria''
Kirby, 1871
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Carterocephalus
''Carterocephalus'' is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
The wing colour is yellow, white, dark-brown and black with a variously spotted appearance. The hindwing upperside is dark with clear cut rounded light ...
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Lederer, 1852
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Dalla''
Mabille, 1904
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Dardarina''
Evans, 1937
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Freemaniana''
Warren, 2001
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Heteropterus''
Duméril, 1806
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Hovala''
Evans, 1937
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Ladda''
Grishin, 2019
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Lepella''
Evans, 1937
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Leptalina''
Mabille, 1904
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Metisella
''Metisella'' is a genus of skipper (butterfly), skippers, commonly called sylphs, in the family Hesperiidae found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera ''Astictopterus'', ''Willema'', and ''Tsitana''.
Species
*''Metisella abdeli'' (Krüger, 19 ...
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Hemming, 1934
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Piruna
''Piruna'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
*'' Piruna aea'' (Dyar, 1912)
*'' Piruna ajijiciensis'' Freeman, 1970
*'' Piruna brunnea'' (Scudder, 1872)
*'' Piruna ceracates'' (Hewitson, 1874)
*'' Piruna cyclosticta'' ...
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Evans, 1955
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Tsitana''
Evans, 1937
External links
TOL
Hesperiidae
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Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
Taxa described in 1925
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