Taractrocerini

Taractrocerini
Palm Dart, Telicota ancilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Taractrocerini
Genera

Cephrenes
Oriens
Potanthus
Taractrocera
Telicota

The Taractrocerini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. As most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, the number of genera assigned to this tribe might increase eventually.

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