Biology:Aspitha

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Aspitha
Aspitha aspitha and related species in the genus Pyrrhopyge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Genus:	Aspitha Evans, 1951

Aspitha is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Aspitha agenoria (Hewitson, 1876) Bolivia, Peru
• Aspitha aspitha (Hewitson, [1866]) Brazil, Surinam, Guyane
• Aspitha bassleri (Bell, 1940) Peru
• Aspitha leander (Boullet, 1912) Colombia

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Aspitha on funet.

External links

• images representing Aspitha at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q1367575 entry