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Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Andaman Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
141
533
692
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
141
533
692
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
134
517
675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
84
436
584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
21
128
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
21
128
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
21
128
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
1
4
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
1
4
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers
1
4
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Andaman Islands
1 Family width 3 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Andaman Islands
4 Genera with 3 Species
Ismene Savigny, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Mesodina Meyrick, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Pelopidas F. Walker, 1869Branded Swifts1SpeciesTaxom
Tagiades Hübner, 1819Clouded Flats1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Andaman Islands
3 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ismene astigmata Evans, 1932
Mesodina halyzia halyzia Hewitson, 1868Eastern Iris-skipper
Pelopidas conjuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1869Conjoined Swift

Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Andaman Islands
FamilyHesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skipper butterfly, Skippers
4
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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