Platylesches

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Hesperiinae
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Platylesches dolomitica mating behaviour

Platylesches is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, commonly called hoppers, found in Africa.

Listed alphabetically:

Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1920

Platylesches ayresii (Trimen, 1889) – peppered hopper

Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)

Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)

Platylesches dolomitica Henning & Henning, 1997 – hilltop hopper, dolomite hopper

Platylesches fosta Evans, 1937

Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877) – white-tail hopper, black hopper

Platylesches hassani Collins & Larsen, 2008

Platylesches heathi Collins & Larsen, 2008

Platylesches iva Evans, 1937

Platylesches lamba Neave, 1910

Platylesches langa Evans, 1937

Platylesches larseni Kielland, 1992

Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857) – common hopper, honey hopper

Platylesches neba (Hewitson, 1877) – flower-girl hopper

Platylesches panga Evans, 1937

Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894) – banded hopper

Platylesches rasta Evans, 1937

Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910 – robust hopper

Platylesches rossii Belcastro, 1986

Platylesches shona Evans, 1937

Platylesches tina Evans, 1937 – small hopper

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