Skipperlings | |
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Large chequered skipper, Heteropterus morpheus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: |
Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 |
Genera | |
See text |
Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
The subfamily includes the following genera:
Skipperlings | |
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Large chequered skipper, Heteropterus morpheus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: |
Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 |
Genera | |
See text |
Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
The subfamily includes the following genera: