Hesperiini

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Hesperiini
Male Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Hesperioidea Family: Hesperiidae Subfamily: Hesperiinae Tribe: Hesperiini
Genera
Hesperia Ochlodes

The Hesperiini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. Two genera are presently assigned to it, but as most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, this might change eventually.

This is a fairly small tribe, as regards the number of genera as well as species.