Biology:Hesperiini

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Short description: Tribe of butterflies

Hesperiini
Ochlodes sylvanus m Saarland 01.jpg
Male large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Latreille, 1809
Subtribes
  • Anthoptina
  • Apaustina 
  • Calpodina 
  • Carystina 
  • Falgina 
  • Hesperiina 
  • Moncina
  • Thymelicina

The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers[1] are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal brand of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females.[1]

Genera

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hoskins, Adrian (2015). Butterflies of the World. London Sydney Auckland: Reed New Holland Publishers. p. 121. ISBN 9781921517334. 
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)" (in en). Insecta Mundi. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/130468. 
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Warren, Andrew D.; Ogawa, Joshua R.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (October 2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea)" (in en). Cladistics 24 (5): 642–676. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00218.x. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00218.x. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Hesperiinae Subfamily Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/12855. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3359163 entry