Loxolexis
| Loxolexis | |
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| Loxolexis holocausta figure 1 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Celaenorrhini |
| Genus: | Loxolexis Karsch, 1895[1] |
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Loxolexis is an Afrotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
- Loxolexis dimidia (Holland, 1896)
- Loxolexis drucei (Larsen, 2002)
- Loxolexis hollandi (Druce, 1909)
- Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)
Taxonomy
Loxolexis was treated as a synonym of Katreus by Ackery et al. in 1995 but re-instated as a valid genus by Larsen in 2005.[2]
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