Zopyrion (skipper)

Zopyrion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Zopyrion
Godman & Salvin, [1896][1]

Zopyrion is a genus of butterfly in the Hesperiidae (skipper) family[2] and the Pyrgini tribe.[3] The type species, Zopyrion sandace, was described in 1896 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in their Biologia Centrali-Americana.[2]

Species

References

  1. "Funet". Taxapad. Markku Savela. 2011. Retrieved 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Genus details". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum (London). Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2007). "Zopyrion: Godman & Salvin 1896". The Tree of Life Project. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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