Checklist of Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 (Indet. Skipper)
for Lebanon (Near East)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 337
1950
3634 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 336
1949
3633 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 326
1928
3608 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 217
1570
3079 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
530
928 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 40
529
927 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
529
927 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
26
39 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
23
35 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
23
35 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skippers | 23
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lebanon
23 Genera with 35 Species
| Ancyloxypha Felder, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carcharodus Hübner, 1780 | Mallow Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epargyreus Hübner, 1775 | Flasher butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erynnis Schrank, 1834 | Duskywings | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euphyes Scudder, 1852 | Grass skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1862 | Branded Skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1857 | Rangers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucida Evans, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mastor Godman, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Muschampia Tutt, 1808 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1821 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Poanes Scudder, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polites Scudder, 1824 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgus Hübner, 1901 | Checkered skippers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1879 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sloperia Tutt, 1808 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1974 | African grizzled skippers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Syrichtus Boisduval, 1808 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thorybes Scudder, 1870 | Cloudywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thymelicus Hübner, 1761 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Wallengrenia Berg, 1797 | Broken-Dashes | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lebanon
35 Species and 4 Subspecies | Ancyloxypha numitor Fabricius, 1793 | Common Least Skipper | | Carcharodus alceae Esper, 1780 | Mallow Skipper | | Carterocephalus palaemon Pallas, 1771 | Arctic Skipper | | Epargyreus clarus Cramer, 1775 | Huachuca Skipper | | Erynnis (Erynnis) icelus Scudder & Bu..., 1870 | Aspen Dusky Wing | | Erynnis marloyi Boisduval, 1834 | Inky Skipper | | Euphyes vestris Boisduval, 1852 | Cola Skipper | | Hesperia armoricanus Oberthür, 1910 | | | Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862 | Indian Skipper | | Kedestes lepenula Wallengren, 1857 | Chequered Ranger | | Lucida lucia melitaea (M.W.K. Draudt, 1923) | ⇒ Lucida lucia scopas Mabille, 1891 | | Mastor hegon Scudder, 1863 | | | Mastor vialis Edwards, 1862 | | | Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer, 1808) | ⇒ Sloperia proto Ochsenheimer, 1808 | | Pelopidas midea (Hübner, 1821) | ⇒ Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | | Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | Large Branded Swift | | Poanes hobomok Harris, 1862 | Hobomok Skipper | | Polites mystic W.H. Edwards, 1863 | Long Dash | | Polites origenes Fabricius, 1793 | Cross-Line Skipper | | Polites peckius W. Kirby, 1837 | Peck skipper | | Polites themistocles Latreille, 1824 | Tawny-edge skipper | | Pyrgus armoricanus Oberthür, 1910 | Oberthür´s Grizzled Skipper | | Pyrgus cinarae Rambur, 1839 | Sandy Grizzled Skipper | | Pyrgus serratulae alveoides Staudinger, 1901 | | | Pyrrhopyge charybdis charybdis Westwood, 1852 | Charybdis Firetip | | Sarangesa thecla thecla Plötz, 1879 | | | Sloperia proto Ochsenheimer, 1808 | | | Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | Dromus Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia kiki Higgins, 1974 | | | Syrichtus proto (Esper, 1808) | ⇒ Sloperia proto Ochsenheimer, 1808 | | Thorybes pylades Scudder, 1870 | Cloudy Wing | | Thymelicus hyrax Lederer, 1861 | Levantine Skipper | | Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808 | Essex Skipper | | Thymelicus sylvestris Poda, 1761 | Hesperiid Moth | | Wallengrenia otho Smith, 1797 | Broken Dash |
Subnodes of Hesperiidae with occurrences in Lebanon | Subfamily | Hesperiinae
Latreille, 1809
Banded skippers, Branded skippers, Folded-winged Skippers, Grass Skippers, Grass-Skippers, Monocot Skippers | 11
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Heteropterinae
Aurivillius, 1925
Different-winged Skippers, Grass Skippers, Intermediate skippers, Skipperlings | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pyrginae
Burmeister, 1878
Dicot Skippers, Flats, Grizzled Skippers, Pyrgine skippers, Spread-wing Skippers, Spread-winged Skippers | 10
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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