''Thymelicus'' is a
Palearctic
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Th ...
genus
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of skipper
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
family
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Hesperiidae.
Species
* ''
Thymelicus acteon'' (Lulworth skipper) -
(Rottemburg, 1775)
* ''
Thymelicus alaica'' -
(Filipjev, 1931)
* ?''
Thymelicus christi''
(Rebel, 1894) - uncertain taxonomic status
* ''
Thymelicus flavus''
* ''
Thymelicus hamza'' -
(Oberthür, 1876)
* ''
Thymelicus hyrax'' -
(Lederer, 1861)
* ''
Thymelicus leonina''
(Butler, 1878)
* ''
Thymelicus lineola'' - (Essex skipper)-
(Ochsenheimer, 1808)
* ''
Thymelicus nervulata''
* ''
Thymelicus novus'' -
(Reverdin, 1916)
* ''
Thymelicus stigma'' -
Staudinger, 1886
* ''
Thymelicus sylvatica'' -
(Bremer, 1861)
* ''
Thymelicus sylvestris'' (small skipper) -
(Poda, 1761)
References and external links
Hesperiidae pagefro
Preliminary species list. Version of 2006-DEC-31. Retrieved 2007-MAY-28.
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Russian-insects.comImages representing ''Thymelicus''at
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Fuller distribution
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Hesperiidae genera
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