Hesperiini

Hesperiini
Male Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genera

Hesperia
Ochlodes

The Hesperiini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. Two genera are presently assigned to it, but as most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, this might change eventually.

This is a fairly small tribe, as regards the number of genera as well as species.


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