| Skipperlings | |
|---|---|
| Large Chequered Skipper, Heteropterus morpheus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Hesperioidea |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genera | |
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Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smallish skipper butterfly subfamilies.