''Thymelicus'' is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
genus in the skipper
butterfly family,
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. The genus is the only member of the
tribe Thymelini, but many skipper butterflies are yet to be assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
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
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''Thymelicus lineola'', known in Europe as the Essex skipper and in North America as the European skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
With a wingspan of 2.5 to 2.9 cm, it is very similar in appearance to ...
'' - (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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