Loxolexis

Updated on Dec 07, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Pyrginae

Similar Eretis, Sarangesa, Celaenorrhinus, Spread‑winged skipper

Loxolexis is an Afrotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Loxolexis dimidia (Holland, 1896)

Loxolexis drucei (Larsen, 2002)

Loxolexis hollandi (Druce, 1909)

Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)

Loxolexis was treated as a synonym of Katreus by Ackery et al. in 1995 but re-instated as a valid genus by Larsen in 2005.

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