Chaetocneme
| Chaetocneme | |
|---|---|
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| Chaetocneme denitza | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Tagiadini |
| Genus: | Chaetocneme Felder, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetocneme corvus Felder, 1860 | |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
Chaetocneme is genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). It belongs to the tribe Tagiadini of subfamily Pyrginae.
The genus was established in 1860 with "Chaetocneme corvus" – then newly described as it was believed – as the type species. However, the same species was already described by Pieter Cramer in 1775 under the name "Papilio helirius". Thus, the type species is nowadays called Chaetocneme helirius.
Selected species
- Chaetocneme beata
- Chaetocneme denitza
- Chaetocneme helirius
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