Astraptes

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Flasher butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Eudamini
Genus: Astraptes
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

Astraptes is the genus of flasher butterflies, which belong to the spread-wing skipper subfamily.

Species include:

  • Astraptes alardus – Frosted Flasher
  • Astraptes alector – Gilbert's Flasher
  • Astraptes anaphus – Yellow-tipped Flasher
  • Astraptes egregius – Small-spotted Flasher
  • Astraptes fulgeratorTwo-barred Flasher