Tagiadini
| Tagiadini | |
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| Daimio tethys | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Tagiadini Mabille, 1878 |
| Diversity | |
| 27 genera | |
The Tagiadini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe are found in mostly tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.[1]
Genera
Altogether, the contain 27 genera. Some of these seem to form a close-knit group around the tribe's type genus Tagiades. These genera are often collectively called "Tagiades group" and may form a clade:[1]
"Tagiades group"
- Abantis – paradise skippers
- Caprona – ragged skippers
- Ctenoptilum
- Leucochitonea
- Netrobalane – Buff-tipped Skipper
- Odontoptilum
- Semperium
- Tagiades – water flats, snow flats
Other genera
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Footnotes
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tagiadini. |
- Brower, Andrew V.Z (2007): Tree of Life Web Project – Tagiadini. Version of 2007-DEC-12. Retrieved 2009-DEC-24.
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