Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Maputo Province (Mozambique)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 208
1340
1783 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 208
1340
1783 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 203
1318
1755 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 142
1039
1447 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 44
462
655 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 44
462
655 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 44
462
655 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
37
48 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
20
28 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
20
28 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Maputo Province
1 Family width 28 Species and 7 Subspecies
Genera for Maputo Province
20 Genera with 28 Species | Abantis Hoppfer, 1870 | Paradise skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Achlyodes Hübner, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Andronymus Holland, 1896 | Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1855 | Swifts | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliades Hübner, 1793 | Policemen | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclopyge Mielke, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dalla Mabille, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eagris Guenée, 1857 | Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fresna Evans, 1878 | Acraea Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1827 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1881 | Branded Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1910 | Rangers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucochitonea Wallengren, 1857 | White Cloaked Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Netrobalane Mabille, 1864 | Buff-tipped Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1821 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1857 | Hoppers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1781 | Clouded Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Talides Hübner, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Maputo Province
28 Species and 7 Subspecies | Abantis paradisea Butler, 1870 | Paradise Skipper | | Achlyodes mithridates sagra Evans, 1953 | | | Borbo borbonica Boisduval, 1833 | Borbo Skipper | | Borbo gemella Mabille, 1884 | Twin Swift | | Borbo holtzii Plötz, 1883 | Variable Swift | | Borbo lugens Hopffer, 1855 | Lesser Horned Skipper | | Coeliades forestan Stoll, 1782 | Striped Policeman | | Coeliades keithloa Wallengren, 1857 | Red Tab Policeman | | Coeliades pisistratus Fabricius, 1793 | Two Pip Policeman | | Cyclopyge roscius roscius Hopffer, 1874 | | | Dalla agathocles polydesma Mabille, 1889 | Agathocles Skipperling | | Eagris nottoana Wallengren, 1857 | Rufous-winged Elfin | | Fresna nyassae Hewitson, 1878 | Variegated Acraea Hopper | | Gegenes hottentota Latreille, 1827 | Common Hottentot | | Hesperia colorado harpalus W. H. Edwards, 1881 | Idaho Branded Skipper | | Kedestes callicles Hewitson, 1868 | Pale Ranger | | Kedestes lema lema Neave, 1910 | | | Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857 | White-cloaked Skipper | | Netrobalane canopus Trimen, 1864 | Buff-tipped Skipper | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | Large Branded Swift | | Platylesches chamaeleon Mabille, 1891 | Chamaeleon Hopper | | Platylesches moritili Wallengren, 1857 | Common Hopper | | Pyrrhopyge charybdis charybdis Westwood, 1852 | Charybdis Firetip | | Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | Dromus Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Tagiades flesus Fabricius, 1781 | Clouded Flat | | Talides alternata hispa (Evans, 1955) | ⇒ Talides hispa W.H. Evans, 1955 |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Maputo Province
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