Checklist of Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 (Indet. Skipper)
for Egypt (Near East)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 355
2683
5922 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 354
2680
5913 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 344
2648
5852 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 218
1987
4685 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 39
435
821 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 39
435
821 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 39
435
821 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
25
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
15
20 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
15
20 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skippers | 15
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Egypt
15 Genera with 20 Species | Atalopedes Scudder, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 0 | Swifts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carcharodus Hübner, 1914 | Mallow Skipper | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1793 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gomalia Moore, 1862 | African Mallow Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperilla Hewitson, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ismene Savigny, 1816 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metisella Hemming, 1764 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1821 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1937 | Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1870 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1870 | African grizzled skippers | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Egypt
20 Species and 11 Subspecies | Atalopedes mesogramma cunaxa (W.C. Hewitson, 1866) | ⇒ Atalopedes mesogramma mesogramma Latreille, 1824 | | Borbo borbonica Boisduval, 1833 | Borbo Skipper | | Borbo thrax | | | Carcharodus alceae Esper, 1780 | Mallow Skipper | | Carcharodus rameses | | | Carcharodus ramses Reverdin, 1914 | | | Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913 | False Marbled Skipper | | Carcharodus stauderi ambigua Verity, 1925 | | | Carcharodus stauderi ramses Reverdin, 1914 | | | Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon | | | Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793 | Dingy Swift | | Gomalia elma Trimen, 1862 | African Mallow | | Hesperilla chrysotricha leucosia Waterhouse, 1938 | | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Ismene pelusia Savigny, 1816 | | | Metisella metis metis Linnaeus, 1764 | Western Gold-spotted Sylph | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | Large Branded Swift | | Platylesches robustus villa Evans, 1937 | | | Sarangesa phidyle Walker, 1870 | Orange Flat | | Spialia doris Walker, 1870 | Aden Skipper | | Spialia doris amenophis Reverdin, 1914 | | | Spialia doris doris Walker, 1870 | |
Subnodes of Hesperiidae with occurrences in Egypt | Subfamily | Hesperiinae
Latreille, 1809
Banded skippers, Branded skippers, Folded-winged Skippers, Grass Skippers, Grass-Skippers, Monocot Skippers | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Heteropterinae
Aurivillius, 1925
Different-winged Skippers, Grass Skippers, Intermediate skippers, Skipperlings | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pyrginae
Burmeister, 1878
Dicot Skippers, Flats, Grizzled Skippers, Pyrgine skippers, Spread-wing Skippers, Spread-winged Skippers | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Trapezitinae
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
Australian Skippers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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