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Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Darnley Island (Torres Strait Islands, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
27
85
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
27
85
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
25
83
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
19
75
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
8
52
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
8
52
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
8
52
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
1
6
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
1
6
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers
1
6
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Darnley Island
1 Family width 6 Species and 3 Subspecies
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Darnley Island
6 Genera with 6 Species
Badamia Moore, 1775Brown Awl1SpeciesTaxom
Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866Swifts1SpeciesTaxom
Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1908Palm Darts1SpeciesTaxom
Suniana W.H. Evans, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Tagiades Hübner, 1891Clouded Flats2SpeciesTaxom
Telicota Moore, 1866Palm Darts1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Darnley Island
6 Species and 3 Subspecies
Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775Brown Awl
Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866Formosan Swift
Cephrenes trichopepla Lower, 1908Yellow Palm Dart
Suniana sunias rectivitta Mabille, 1878Orange Dart
Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860Nestus Flat
Tagiades nestus korela Mabille, 1891
Telicota augias krefftii MacLeay, 1866Krefft´s Darter

Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Darnley Island
FamilyHesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skipper butterfly, Skippers
6
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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