Cyclopides
| Cyclopides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: | Cyclopides Hübner, 1819 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Papilio steropes Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 | |
Cyclopides is a genus of skippers. It is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes book, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
References
- ↑ Francis Hemming (1967). "Cyclopides Hübner, 1819". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.
External links
- Sherlock Holmes .com
- Descriptions of one hundred new species of Hesperidae, Parts 1–2, by W. C. Hewitson (1867)
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