Checklist for Tribe Carcharodini Verity, 1940
and region Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 401
3514
6584 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 400
3513
6582 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 385
3451
6458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 243
2759
5315 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 54
1200
2261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 54
1200
2261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 53
1199
2261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 4
178
366 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 2
165
331 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
164
329 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skippers | 164
329 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pyrginae
Burmeister, 1878
Dicot Skippers, Flats, Grizzled Skippers, Pyrgine skippers | 60
126 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Carcharodini
Verity, 1940
| 8
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
8 Genera with 16 Species
Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
16 Species and 2 Subspecies | Bolla cupreiceps Mabille, 1891 | Copper-headed Sootywing | | Cyclosemia herennius Stoll, 1782 | | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Nisoniades bessus Möschler, 1876 | | | Nisoniades ephora Herrich-Schä..., 1870 | Ephora Tufted-Skipper | | Nisoniades laurentina Williams & Bell, 1939 | Dark Tufted-Skipper | | Nisoniades macarius Herrich-Schä..., 1870 | Macarius Tufted-Skipper | | Nisoniades rubescens Möschler, 1876 | Purplish Black Skipper | | Noctuana stator Godman & Salvin, 1899 | Red-studded Skipper | | Pellicia bessus (Möschler, 1876) | ⇒ Nisoniades bessus Möschler, 1876 | | Pellicia bromias (Godman & Salvin, 1894) | ⇒ Nisoniades rubescens Möschler, 1876 | | Pellicia dimidiata dimidiata Herrich-Schä..., 1870 | Morning Glory Tufted-Skipper | | Sophista bifasciata Ménétriés, 1829 | | | Sophista festiva Erichson, 1848 | | | Staphylus kayei Cock, 1996 | | | Staphylus lenis Steinhauser, 1989 | Lenis Sootywing |
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