Checklist for Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
and region Kwai Tsing District (New Territories West, China)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 85
516
592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 85
516
592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 83
511
585 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 66
487
560 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 44
441
509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 44
441
509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 43
440
508 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
14
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
11
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
11
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kwai Tsing District
1 Family width 11 Species
Genera for Kwai Tsing District
11 Genera with 11 Species | Astictopterus C. & R. Felder, 1860 | Fairies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Burara Swinhoe, 1865 | Awlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dalla Mabille, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gerosis Mabille, 1884 | White flat | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hasora Moore, 1870 | Awls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1881 | Demons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontoptilum de Nicéville, 1862 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1937 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polytremis Mabille, 1869 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potanthus Scudder, 1881 | Dart species | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kwai Tsing District
11 Species | Astictopterus jama Felder & Felder, 1860 | Forest Hopper | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Burara gomata (Moore, 1865) | ⇒ Bibasis gomata Moore, 1865 | | Dalla crithote Hewitson, 1874 | Crithoe Skipperling | | Gerosis phisara Moore, 1884 | Dusky Yellow Breasted Flat | | Hasora vitta Butler, 1870 | Plain Banded Awl | | Notocrypta paralysos Wood-Mason &..., 1881 | Banded Demon | | Odontoptilum angulata Felder, 1862 | Banded Angle | | Parnara ganga W.H. Evans, 1937 | Continental Swift | | Polytremis lubricans Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Contiguous Swift | | Potanthus pseudomaesa Moore, 1881 | Common Dart |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Kwai Tsing District
Links, sources and further information Hesperioidea at itis.gov
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