Chioides

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Kingdom Animalia Family Hesperiidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths		Class Insecta Scientific name Chioides Rank Genus

Similar 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)

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