Checklist for Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 206
825
1106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 144
685
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 36
176
221 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 36
176
221 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 34
172
217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
17
19 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
14
16 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
14
16 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Peninsula
1 Family width 16 Species and 5 Subspecies
Genera for Cape Peninsula
14 Genera with 16 Species | Calleagris Aurivillius, 1864 | Scarce flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caprona Wallengren, 1949 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliades Hübner, 1793 | Policemen | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dejeania Townsend, 1886 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eretis Mabille, 1857 | Elfs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fulgora Linnaeus, 1791 | Alligator bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1764 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | Kedestes Watson, 1893 | Rangers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Metisella Hemming, 1928 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1857 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 0 | Grass Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trina Evans, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Peninsula
16 Species and 5 Subspecies | Calleagris kobela Trimen, 1864 | Mrs Raven Flat | | Caprona alida vespa Evans, 1949 | | | Coeliades pisistratus Fabricius, 1793 | Two Pip Policeman | | Dejeania crocea (Bigot, 1888) | ⇒ Dejeania hecate Karsch, 1886 | | Dejeania hecate Karsch, 1886 | | | Eretis djaelaelae Wallengren, 1857 | Marbled Elf | | Fulgora limbata (Olivier, 1791) | ⇒ Euconomelus lepidus Boheman, 1847 | | Gegenes niso Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Hottentot Skipper | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Metisella orientalis Krüger, 1928 | Eastern Sylph | | Sarangesa motozi Wallengren, 1857 | Elfin Skipper | | Spialia colotes colotes Druce, 1875 | | | Spialia nanus Trimen, 1889 | Dwarf Sandman | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Taractrocera ardonia lamia | | | Trina geometrina phalaena Mabille, 1898 | |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
Links, sources and further information Hesperioidea at itis.gov
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