Tagiadini

Tagiadini

Daimio tethys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Tagiadini Mabille, 1878
Diversity
27 genera

The Tagiadini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe are found in mostly tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.^[1]

Genera

Altogether, the contain 27 genera. Some of these seem to form a close-knit group around the tribe's type genus Tagiades. These genera are often collectively called "Tagiades group" and may form a clade:^[1]

"Tagiades group"

Abantis – paradise skippers
Caprona – ragged skippers
Ctenoptilum
Leucochitonea
Netrobalane – Buff-tipped Skipper
Odontoptilum
Semperium
Tagiades – water flats, snow flats

Other genera

Abraximorpha
Calleagris – scarce flats
Capila (formerly often in Celaenorrhini)
Chaetocneme
Chamunda
Coladenia
Daimio
Darpa
Eagris – "flats"
Exometoeca

Gerosis
Mooreana
Netrocoryne
Odina
Pintara
Procampta – Rare Elf
Satarupa
Seseria
Tapena

Footnotes

1 2 Brower (2007)

References

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Brower, Andrew V.Z (2007): Tree of Life Web Project – Tagiadini. Version of 2007-DEC-12. Retrieved 2009-DEC-24.

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