Pelopidas (skipper)
| Branded Swifts | |
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| Pelopidas sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| Tribe: | Gegenini |
| Genus: | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1870 |
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Pelopidas is a genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as Branded Swifts or Millet Skippers. Polytremis kiraizana is sometimes placed here too.
Notable species
- Pelopidas agna (Dark Branded Swift)
- Pelopidas assamensis (Great Swift)
- Pelopidas conjucta (Conjoined Swift)
- Pelopidas flava (Evans, 1926)
- Pelopidas jansonis (Butler, 1878)
- Pelopidas lyelli (Rothschild, 1915)
- Pelopidas mathias (Dark Small-branded Swift)
- Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)
- Pelopidas subochracea (Large Branded Swift)
- Pelopidas thrax (Pale Small-branded Swift)
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