Biology:Zopyrion (skipper)

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Zopyrion
Zopyrion sandace.jpg
Zopyrion sandace
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Zopyrion
Godman & Salvin, [1896][1]

Zopyrion is a genus of butterflies in the Hesperiidae (skipper) family[2] and the Pyrgini tribe.[3] The type species, Zopyrion sandace, was described in 1896 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in their Biologia Centrali-Americana.[2]

Species

  • Zopyrion evenor Godman, [1901]
  • Zopyrion reticulata Hayward, 1942
  • Zopyrion sandace Godman & Salvin, [1896]
  • Zopyrion satyrina (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
  • Zopyrion subvariegata Hayward, 1942

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13908645 entry