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Chioides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Scientific name
  
Chioides

Rank
  
Genus

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Butterflies and moths, Autochton, Urbanus, Polythrix, Phocides

Chioides is a mainly Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae)


They range from Southwestern United States to Argentina and there are several Antillean endemic species. They are robust and have hindwing "tails".

Species

  • Chioides albofasciatus (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Chioides catillus (Cramer, 1780)
  • Chioides jethira Butler
  • Chioides marmorosa (Herrich-Schäffer,1865)
  • Chioides myrto (Mabille)
  • Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874)
  • References

    Chioides Wikipedia


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