Checklist for Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
and region Torres Strait Islands (Far North Queensland, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 116
426
623 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 116
426
623 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 111
401
580 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 74
323
494 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 18
145
238 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 18
145
238 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 18
145
238 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
18
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
16
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
16
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Torres Strait Islands
1 Family width 25 Species and 11 Subspecies
Genera for Torres Strait Islands
16 Genera with 25 Species | Allora Waterhouse &..., 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1908 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hasora Moore, 1870 | Awls | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperilla Hewitson, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neohesperilla Waterhouse &..., 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocybadistes Heron, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1915 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sabera Swinhoe, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Suniana W.H. Evans, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1891 | Clouded Flats | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1932 | Grass Darts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1866 | Palm Darts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trapezites Hübner, 1868 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Torres Strait Islands
25 Species and 11 Subspecies | Allora doleschallii doleschallii C. Felder, 1860 | Peacock Awl | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Cephrenes trichopepla Lower, 1908 | Yellow Palm Dart | | Hasora chromus Cramer, 1780 | Banded Awl | | Hasora chromus chromus Cramer, 1780 | Banded awl | | Hasora hurama Butler, 1870 | Broad Banded Awl | | Hesperilla sexguttata Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Riverine Sedge-skipper | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Neohesperilla croceus Miskin, 1889 | Crocea Skipper | | Neohesperilla xiphiphora Lower, 1911 | Sword-brand Grass-skipper | | Ocybadistes hypomeloma vaga Waterhouse, 1932 | | | Pelopidas agna dingo Evans, 1949 | Common Swift | | Pelopidas lyelli lyelli Rothschild, 1915 | Lyell´s Swift | | Sabera caesina albifascia Miskin, 1889 | Black And White Swift | | Suniana sunias rectivitta Mabille, 1878 | Orange Dart | | Tagiades japetus janetta Butler, 1870 | Black And White Flat | | Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | Nestus Flat | | Tagiades nestus korela Mabille, 1891 | | | Taractrocera anisomorpha Lower, 1911 | Large Yellow Grass-dart | | Taractrocera ilia Waterhouse, 1932 | Northern Grass Dart | | Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932 | Ina Grass Dart | | Telicota augias Linnaeus, 1763 | Bright-orange Darter | | Telicota augias krefftii MacLeay, 1866 | Krefft´s Darter | | Trapezites heteromacula (Meyrick & Lower, 1902) | ⇒ Trapezites heteromaculata Meyrick & Lower, 1902 | | Trapezites heteromaculata Meyrick & Lower, 1902 | Orange White-spot Skipper | | Trapezites iacchus Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Ochre | | Trapezites petalia Hewitson, 1868 | Black-ringed Ochre |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Torres Strait Islands
Links, sources and further information Hesperioidea at itis.gov
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