Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Tunisia (North Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 359
2886
6687 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 358
2883
6684 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 350
2865
6665 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 226
2182
5485 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 44
404
831 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 43
403
830 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 42
402
829 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
15
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
11
19 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
11
19 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Tunisia
1 Family width 19 Species and 10 Subspecies
Genera for Tunisia
11 Genera with 19 Species | Aeromachus de Nicéville, 1858 | Scrub Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carcharodus Hübner, 1925 | Mallow Skipper | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dalla Mabille, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1804 | Dingy Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1871 | Branded Skippers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lucida Evans, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1804 | African grizzled skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thracides Hübner, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thymelicus Hübner, 1876 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tunisia
19 Species and 10 Subspecies | Aeromachus inachus inachus Ménétriés, 1858 | | | Carcharodus lavatherae Esper, 1783 | Marbled Skipper | | Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913 | False Marbled Skipper | | Carcharodus tripolina (Verity, 1925) | ⇒ Carcharodus tripolinus Verity, 1925 | | Carcharodus tripolinus Verity, 1925 | False Mallow Skipper | | Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon | | | Dalla hesperioides hister Evans, 1955 | Hesperioides Skipperling | | Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793 | Dingy Swift | | Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804 | Dark Hottentot | | Hesperia attalus attalus W. H. Edwards, 1871 | Dotted Skipper | | Hesperia colorado harpalus W. H. Edwards, 1881 | Idaho Branded Skipper | | Hesperia metea licinus Edwards, 1871 | Cobweb Skipper | | Lucida lucia melitaea (M.W.K. Draudt, 1923) | ⇒ Lucida lucia scopas Mabille, 1891 | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Spialia colotes colotes Druce, 1875 | | | Spialia sertorius Hoffmannsegg, 1804 | Brick Skipper | | Thracides cleanthes aspilota (P. Mabille &..., 1912) | ⇒ Thracides cleanthes cleanthes Latreille, 1824 | | Thymelicus acteon Rottemburg, 1775 | Lullworth Skipper | | Thymelicus hamza Oberthür, 1876 | Moroccan Small Skipper |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Tunisia
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