Checklist for Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
and region Northern Cape (Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 317
2422
5011 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 316
2415
4984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 301
2376
4934 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 209
1978
4391 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 53
491
982 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 53
490
981 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 52
488
974 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 3
30
45 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
17
28 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
17
28 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Northern Cape
1 Family width 28 Species and 7 Subspecies
Genera for Northern Cape
17 Genera with 28 Species | Abantis Hoppfer, 1855 | Paradise skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alenia Evans, 1868 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ancyloxypha Felder, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliades Hübner, 1793 | Policemen | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1827 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1881 | Branded Skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1857 | Rangers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucochitonea Wallengren, 1857 | White Cloaked Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1821 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1937 | Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polites Scudder, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Talides Hübner, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoon Godman, 1950 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoressa Swinhoe, 1894 | Ace butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thymelicus Hübner, 1808 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Cape
28 Species and 7 Subspecies | Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855 | Spotted Paradise Skipper | | Alenia namaqua Vári, 1972 | Namaqua Dancer | | Alenia sandaster Trimen, 1868 | Karoo Dancer | | Ancyloxypha numitor Fabricius, 1793 | Common Least Skipper | | Coeliades pisistratus Fabricius, 1793 | Two Pip Policeman | | Gegenes hottentota Latreille, 1827 | Common Hottentot | | Hesperia attalus attalus W. H. Edwards, 1871 | Dotted Skipper | | Hesperia colorado harpalus W. H. Edwards, 1881 | Idaho Branded Skipper | | Kedestes lema lema Neave, 1910 | | | Kedestes lepenula Wallengren, 1857 | Chequered Ranger | | Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857 | White-cloaked Skipper | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | Large Branded Swift | | Platylesches robustus villa Evans, 1937 | | | Polites peckius W. Kirby, 1837 | Peck skipper | | Pyrrhopyge thericles thericles Mabille, 1891 | Impostor Firetip | | Spialia asterodia Trimen, 1864 | Asterodia Sandman | | Spialia colotes Druce, 1875 | Bushveld Sandman | | Spialia delagoae Trimen, 1898 | Delagoa Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia diomus Hopffer, 1855 | Common Sandman | | Spialia nanus Trimen, 1889 | Dwarf Sandman | | Spialia sataspes Trimen, 1864 | Boland Sandman | | Spialia secessus Trimen, 1891 | Wolkberg Sandman | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Talides alternata hispa (Evans, 1955) | ⇒ Talides hispa W.H. Evans, 1955 | | Thoon aethus Hayward, 1950 | Disjunct Skipper | | Thoressa fusca caenis Leech, 1894 | | | Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808 | Essex Skipper |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Northern Cape
Links, sources and further information Hesperioidea at itis.gov
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