Firetips

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Pyrrhopyginae
 Pyrrhopyge sergius
Pyrrhopyge sergius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrrhopyginae

Firetips are butterflies in the family Hesperiidae and firetip is the vernacular name for the subfamily Pyrrhopyginae. They are found only in South America with the exception of one species which just reaches into the U.S.A.

Jemadia petrobas Pyrrhopyginae
Jemadia petrobas Pyrrhopyginae

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