Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Sai Kung (Hong Kong, China)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 128
770
936 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 128
770
936 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 117
742
902 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 81
676
834 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 45
570
710 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 45
570
710 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 44
569
709 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
27
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
22
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
22
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sai Kung
1 Family width 25 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Sai Kung
22 Genera with 25 Species
| Abraximorpha Elwes & Edwards, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Astictopterus C. & R. Felder, 1860 | Fairies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Burara Swinhoe, 1865 | Awlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dalla Mabille, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Halpe Moore, 1877 | Aces | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iambrix Watson, 1865 | Chestnut Bobs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Matapa Moore, 1866 | Branded redeye | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1881 | Demons | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Odontoptilum de Nicéville, 1862 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1853 | Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1882 | Branded Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polytremis Mabille, 1869 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potanthus Scudder, 1878 | Dart species | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Suastus Moore, 1798 | Palm bob | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1793 | Grass Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1775 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoressa Swinhoe, 1996 | Ace butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Udaspes Moore, 1775 | Grass demon | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sai Kung
25 Species and 1 Subspecies | Abraximorpha davidii Mabille, 1876 | Chequered Flat | | Astictopterus jama Felder & Felder, 1860 | Forest Hopper | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Burara gomata (Moore, 1865) | ⇒ Bibasis gomata Moore, 1865 | | Dalla crithote Hewitson, 1874 | Crithoe Skipperling | | Halpe porus Mabille, 1877 | Bi-spot ace | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Iambrix salsala Moore, 1865 | Ceylon Palm Bob | | Matapa aria Moore, 1866 | Common red-eye | | Notocrypta curvifascia Felder & Felder, 1862 | Common banded Demon | | Notocrypta paralysos Wood-Mason &..., 1881 | Banded Demon | | Odontoptilum angulata Felder, 1862 | Banded Angle | | Parnara ganga W.H. Evans, 1937 | Continental Swift | | Parnara guttatus BREMER & GREY, 1853 | Common Straight Swift | | Pelopidas assamensis de Nicéville, 1882 | Great Swift | | Polytremis lubricans Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Contiguous Swift | | Potanthus confucius Felder & Felder, 1862 | Chinese Dart | | Potanthus pava Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Formosan dart | | Potanthus trachala Mabille, 1878 | Broad Bident Dart | | Suastus gremius Fabricius, 1798 | Ceylon Ace | | Taractrocera maevius Fabricius, 1793 | Common | | Telicota colon Fabricius, 1775 | Common Darter | | Thoressa monastyrskyi Devyatkin, 1996 | | | Udaspes folus Cramer, 1775 | Chestnut Bob |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Sai Kung
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