Checklist for Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
and region La Gamba Field Station (La Gamba, Costa Rica)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 206
1813
1866 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 205
1812
1866 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 197
1801
1853 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 153
1602
1681 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 39
665
935 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 39
665
935 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 39
665
935 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 4
32
59 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 2
16
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
15
16 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for La Gamba Field Station
1 Family width 16 Species and 5 Subspecies
Genera for La Gamba Field Station
15 Genera with 16 Species | Aguna Williams, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anastrus Hübner, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthoptus Bell, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elbella Evans, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1910 | Rangers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mysoria Watson, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nisoniades Hübner, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polites Scudder, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pompeius W.H. Evans, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porphyrogenes Watson, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scobura Elwes & Edwards, 1866 | Forest Bobs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1884 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Talides Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Urbanus Hübner, 1821 | Longtail Skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for La Gamba Field Station
16 Species and 5 Subspecies | Aguna albistria cholus (C. Plötz, 1880) | ⇒ Aguna albistria albistria Plötz, 1880 | | Anastrus meliboea bactra Evans, 1953 | | | Anthoptus epictetus Fabricius, 1793 | Trailside Skipper | | Elbella azeta azeta Hewitson, 1866 | Azeta Skipper | | Kedestes lema lema Neave, 1910 | | | Mysoria barcastus Sepp, 1855 | Royal Firetip | | Nisoniades bessus Möschler, 1876 | | | Polites vibex Geyer, 1832 | Whirlabout | | Pompeius pompeius Latreille, 1824 | Common Glassywing | | Porphyrogenes passalus passalus G.A.W. Herri..., 1869 | | | Pyrrhopyge thericles Mabille, 1891 | Impostor Firetip | | Scobura phiditia Hewitson, 1866 | Malay Forest Bob | | Spialia zaira (Plötz, 1884) | ⇒ Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | | Talides sinois Hübner, 1819 | | | Urbanus dorantes Stoll, 1790 | Brown Tailed Skipper | | Urbanus teleus Hübner, 1821 | Teleus Longtail |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in La Gamba Field Station
Links, sources and further information Hesperioidea at itis.gov
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