Checklist of Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 (Skippers)
for Vanuatu (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 205
827
1374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 204
826
1373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 200
819
1362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 131
613
1061 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 28
151
273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
150
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 27
150
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 1
9
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
9
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 1
9
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Vanuatu
1 Family width 12 Species and 7 Subspecies
Genera for Vanuatu
9 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Vanuatu
12 Species and 7 Subspecies | Badamia atrox flava Evans, 1934 | | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon | | | Hasora chromus bilunata Butler, 1883 | | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Neoxeniades seron saron (P. Mabille, 1904) | ⇒ Neoxeniades seron seron Godman, 1901 | | Pelopidas lyelli Rothschild, 1915 | Lyell's Swift | | Pelopidas lyelli mathewi Evans, 1937 | | | Plestia minuta Muir, 1931 | | | Plestia trimaculifrons Muir, 1931 | | | Plestia viridis Muir, 1931 | |
Subnodes of Hesperioidea with occurrences in Vanuatu
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