Checklist for Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
and region Las Alturas Biological Station (Coto Brus, Costa Rica)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 248
2070
1896 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 248
2070
1896 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 242
2063
1887 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 189
1888
1728 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 42
522
661 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 42
522
661 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 42
522
661 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 4
25
39 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 2
20
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
19
20 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Las Alturas Biological Station
1 Family width 20 Species and 7 Subspecies
Genera for Las Alturas Biological Station
19 Genera with 20 Species | Aguna Williams, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Astraptes Hübner, 1775 | Flasher butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Capila Moore, 0 | Dawnflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celaenorrhinus Hübner, 1891 | Flat | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drephalys Watson, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entheus Hübner, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metacharis Butler, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mnasicles Godman, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuana Bell, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxynetra C.Felder & R..., 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papias Evans, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poanes Scudder, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porphyrogenes Watson, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ridens Evans, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1884 | African grizzled skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1949 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thracides Hübner, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vettius Godman, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenophanes Godman and S..., 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Las Alturas Biological Station
20 Species and 7 Subspecies | Aguna albistria cholus (C. Plötz, 1880) | ⇒ Aguna albistria albistria Plötz, 1880 | | Astraptes fulgerator Walch, 1775 | Blue Flasher | | Capila phanaeus phanaeus | | | Celaenorrhinus chrysoglossa Mabille, 1891 | Central Sprite | | Drephalys helixus heraclides Bell, 1942 | | | Entheus matho Godman & Salvin, 1879 | | | Metacharis victrix Hewitson, 1870 | Victrix Metalmark | | Mnasicles geta Godman, 1901 | Violet-frosted Skipper | | Noctuana lactifera Butler & Druce, 1872 | Cryptic Skipper | | Oxynetra hopfferi Staudinger, 1888 | Hopffer´s Firetip | | Papias dictys Godman, 1900 | Bottom-spotted Skipper | | Poanes zabulon Boisduval & ..., 1829 | Southern Dimorphic Skipper | | Porphyrogenes passalus passalus G.A.W. Herri..., 1869 | | | Ridens ridens Hewitson, 1876 | Frosted Skipper | | Spialia agylla agylla Trimen & Bowker, 1889 | Grassveld Sandman | | Spialia zaira (Plötz, 1884) | ⇒ Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | | Telicota ternatensis solva Evans, 1949 | | | Thracides cleanthes aspilota (P. Mabille &..., 1912) | ⇒ Thracides cleanthes cleanthes Latreille, 1824 | | Vettius diversa Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | | | Xenophanes tryxus Stoll, 1780 | Glassy-winged Skipper |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Las Alturas Biological Station
Links, sources and further information Hesperioidea at itis.gov
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