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Achlyodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Tribe
  
Achlyodidini

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Pyrginae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

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Similar
  
Heliopetes, Astraptes, Nisoniades, Staphylus, Autochton

Achlyodes is a genus of skippers.The members (species) are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.

The genus has only few species:

  • Achlyodes busirus (Cramer, [1779])
  • Achlyodes pallida (R. Felder, 1869)
  • Achlyodes minna Evans, 1953
  • Achlyodes mithridates (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Achlyodes munroei Bell, 1956
  • Three closely related species A. minna, A. mithridates and A. munroei are sometimes considered to belong to Eantis.

    References

    Achlyodes Wikipedia