Checklist for Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
and region Palo Verde Biological Station (Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 210
1331
1243 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 210
1331
1243 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 205
1313
1217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 155
1159
1068 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 34
325
374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 34
325
374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 34
325
374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 4
32
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 2
26
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
25
27 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Palo Verde Biological Station
1 Family width 27 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Palo Verde Biological Station
25 Genera with 27 Species #ACDEFHKNOPSTU
| Achalarus Scudder, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aguna Williams, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antigonus Hübner, 1812 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Astraptes Hübner, 1775 | Flasher butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carrhenes Godman & Salvin, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carystoides Godman, 1824 | Ruby-Eye sp. | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Codatractus Lindsey, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cymaenes Scudder, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drephalys Watson, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Epargyreus Hübner, 1819 | Flasher butterflies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Fulgora Linnaeus, 1845 | Alligator bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliopetes Billberg, 1868 | White Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1910 | Rangers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nyctelius Hayward, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocyba Lindsey, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paches Godman & Salvin, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polites Scudder, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polythrix Watson, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pompeius W.H. Evans, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porphyrogenes Watson, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proteides Hübner, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgus Hübner, 1767 | Checkered skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1884 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Timochares Godman & Salvin, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Urbanus Hübner, 1881 | Longtail Skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Palo Verde Biological Station
27 Species and 4 Subspecies | Achalarus albociliatus Mabille, 1877 | Skinner's cloudywing | | Aguna asander Hewitson, 1867 | Gold-spot Aguna | | Antigonus erosus Hübner, 1812 | Common Spurwing | | Astraptes fulgerator Walch, 1775 | Blue Flasher | | Carrhenes calidius Godman & Salvin, 1895 | Rain-forest Hoary-Skipper | | Carystoides basoches Latreille, 1824 | Basoches Ruby-eye | | Codatractus alcaeus Hewitson, 1867 | White-crescent Longtail | | Codatractus melon Godman & Salvin, 1893 | Melon Mottled-Skipper | | Cymaenes laureolus loxa Evans, 1955 | | | Drephalys helixus heraclides Bell, 1942 | | | Fulgora lampetis Burmeister, 1845 | | | Heliopetes laviana Hewitson, 1868 | Laviana Skipper | | Kedestes lema lema Neave, 1910 | | | Nyctelius nyctelius Latreille, 1824 | Nyctelius Skipper | | Ocyba calathana Hewitson, 1868 | | | Paches loxus Westwood, 1852 | Glorious Blue-Skipper | | Polites vibex Geyer, 1832 | Whirlabout | | Polythrix asine (Hewitson, 1867) | ⇒ Polythrix mexicanus Freeman, 1969 | | Pompeius pompeius Latreille, 1824 | Common Glassywing | | Porphyrogenes passalus passalus G.A.W. Herri..., 1869 | | | Proteides mercurius Fabricius, 1787 | Mercurial Skipper | | Pyrgus communis Grote, 1872 | Checkered Skipper | | Pyrgus oileus Linnaeus, 1767 | Tropical Checkered Skipper | | Spialia zaira (Plötz, 1884) | ⇒ Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | | Timochares trifasciata Hewitson, 1868 | Many-banded Skipper | | Urbanus dorantes Stoll, 1790 | Brown Tailed Skipper | | Urbanus procne Plötz, 1881 | Brown Longtail |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Palo Verde Biological Station
Links, sources and further information Hesperioidea at itis.gov
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