Ancyloxypha

Ancyloxypha

Ancyloxypha numitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Genus:	Ancyloxypha C. Felder, 1862
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Ancyloxipha Hewitson, 1868 Ancyloxyphia Maynard, 1891 Ancyloxpha Skinner, 1898) Anchyloxypha Woodworth, 1912 Anciloxipha Giacomelli, 1923 Anoylexypha S. Moore, 1937 Ancyloxypa Mielke, 1980

Ancyloxypha is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.

List of species

Listed alphabetically.^[1]^[2]

Ancyloxypha arene (Edwards, 1871) – Tropical Least Skipper
Ancyloxypha aurea (Hayward, 1940)
Ancyloxypha dryas (Hayward, 1942)
Ancyloxypha melanoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Ancyloxypha nitedula (Burmeister, 1878)
Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius, 1793) – Least Skipper or Least Skipperling
Ancyloxypha ramba (Evans, 1955)

References

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↑ Ancyloxypha, funet.fi
↑ Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4

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