Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 38
401
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 38
401
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 37
399
728 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 3
22
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
13
26 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
13
26 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Lesotho
1 Family width 26 Species and 8 Subspecies
Genera for Lesotho
13 Genera with 26 Species | Coeliades Hübner, 1793 | Policemen | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dejeania Townsend, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fulgora Linnaeus, 1791 | Alligator bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1764 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1881 | Branded Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1864 | Rangers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metisella Hemming, 1868 | Sylphs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Potanthus Scudder, 1883 | Dart species | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Quedionuchus Sharp, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Steropes Steven, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoressa Swinhoe, 1894 | Ace butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tsitana Evans, 1870 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
26 Species and 8 Subspecies | Coeliades forestan Stoll, 1782 | Striped Policeman | | Coeliades forestan forestan Stoll, , 1782 | Striped Policeman | | Coeliades pisistratus Fabricius, 1793 | Two Pip Policeman | | Dejeania bombylans Fabricius, 1798 | | | Fulgora coccinea (Olivier, 1791) | ⇒ Poiocera coccinea Olivier, 1791 | | Fulgora limbata (Olivier, 1791) | ⇒ Euconomelus lepidus Boheman, 1847 | | Gegenes niso Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Hottentot Skipper | | Hesperia colorado harpalus W. H. Edwards, 1881 | Idaho Branded Skipper | | Kedestes barberae Trimen, 1873 | Barber's Ranger | | Kedestes mohozutza Wallengren, 1857 | Fulvous Ranger | | Kedestes niveostriga Trimen, 1864 | Dark Ranger | | Metisella aegipan Trimen, 1868 | Mountain Sylph | | Metisella malgacha Boisduval, 1833 | Grassveld Sylph | | Metisella malgacha malgacha Boisduval, 1833 | Grassveld Sylph | | Metisella malgacha orina Vári, 1976 | Drakensberg Grassveld Sylph | | Metisella medea Evans, 1937 | Medea Sylph | | Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937 | Eastern Gold-spotted Sylph | | Metisella syrinx Trimen, 1868 | Bamboo Sylph | | Potanthus nala Plötz, 1883 | | | Quedionuchus glaber O.F.Müller, 1776 | | | Spialia agylla Trimen, 1889 | Grassveld Sandman | | Spialia asterodia Trimen, 1864 | Asterodia Sandman | | Spialia diomus ferax Wallengren, 1863 | | | Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | Dromus Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia mafa Trimen, 1870 | Mafa grizzled skipper | | Spialia mafa mafa Trimen, 1870 | Mafa Sandman | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Steropes malgacha (Boisduval, 1833) | ⇒ Metisella medea Evans, 1937 | | Thoressa fusca caenis Leech, 1894 | | | Tsitana tsita Trimen, 1870 | Dismal Sylph |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Lesotho
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