Platylesches

Platylesches is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, commonly called Hoppers, found in Africa.

Species

Listed alphabetically.^[1][2]

• Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1920
• Platylesches ayresii (Trimen, 1889) – Peppered Hopper
• Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)
• Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)
• Platylesches dolomitica Henning & Henning, 1997 – Hilltop Hopper, Dolomite Hopper
• Platylesches fosta Evans, 1937
• Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877) – White-tail Hopper, Black Hopper
• Platylesches hassani Collins & Larsen, 2008
• Platylesches heathi Collins & Larsen, 2008
• Platylesches iva Evans, 1937
• Platylesches lamba Neave, 1910
• Platylesches langa Evans, 1937
• Platylesches larseni Kielland, 1992
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857) – Common Hopper, Honey Hopper
• Platylesches neba (Hewitson, 1877) – Flower-girl Hopper
• Platylesches panga Evans, 1937
• Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894) – Banded Hopper
• Platylesches rasta Evans, 1937
• Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910 – Robust Hopper
• Platylesches rossii Belcastro, 1986
• Platylesches shona Evans, 1937
• Platylesches tina Evans, 1937 – Small Hopper

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 79 c