Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Cape Breton County (Cape Breton Island, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 257
1283
1575 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 257
1283
1575 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 245
1259
1550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 191
1093
1350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 37
292
384 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 36
291
383 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 35
290
382 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
11
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
9
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
9
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Breton County
1 Family width 11 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Cape Breton County
9 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Cape Breton County
11 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aguna coeloides Austin & O. ..., 1998 | Austins Aguna | | Ancyloxypha numitor Fabricius, 1793 | Common Least Skipper | | Carterocephalus palaemon Pallas, 1771 | Arctic Skipper | | Euphyes vestris Boisduval, 1852 | Cola Skipper | | Niconiades cydia Hewitson, 1876 | | | Polites mystic W.H. Edwards, 1863 | Long Dash | | Polites peckius W. Kirby, 1837 | Peck skipper | | Polites themistocles Latreille, 1824 | Tawny-edge skipper | | Telicota colon colon Fabricius, 1775 | Common palm dart | | Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808 | Essex Skipper | | Vinius philaenus (P. Mabille, 1883) | ⇒ Vinius letis Plötz, 1883 |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Cape Breton County
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