Spread-winged Skippers
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 Carcharodus alceae
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Spread-winged skippers, Pyrginae, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). The tribe "Celaenorrhini" is usually included in the Eudamini entirely or for the largest part, including the type genus Celaenorrhinus.
A number of genera are of uncertain affiliations[1]. These include:
- Abantis Hopffer, 1855
- Alenia Evans, 1935
- Calleagris Aurivillius, [1925]
- Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]
- Chaetocneme Felder, 1860
- Eagris Guenée, 1862
- Eretis Mabille, 1891
- Euschemon Doubleday, 1846
- Exometoeca Meyrick, 1888
- Katreus Watson, 1893
- Netrobalane Mabille, 1903
- Netrocoryne C. & R. Felder, [1867]
- Procampta Holland, 1892
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ See Savela (2007) for references.
[edit] References
- Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Pyrginae. Version of 2007-JUN-12. Retrieved 2008-JAN-24.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Subfamily Pyrginae from Bugguide.net
- Cirrus Digital Imaging Reference photographs: Skippers of North America
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