Pelopidas (F. Walker 1870), Branded Swifts ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Genus

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Taxonomy of Genus Pelopidas F. Walker, 1870
Branded Swifts, Dark Branded Swifts, Millet Skippers

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	208 32654 567261	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	197 32461 565431	Families Genera Species
Division	Ditrysia Borner, 1925 Butterflies, Moths, Skippers	186 32290 560864	Families Genera Species
Microorder	Apoditrysia Minet, 1983	13 1792 34426	Families Genera Species
Phalanx	Obtectomera Minet, 1986	8 1724 33194	Families Genera Species
Section	Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 Macro-moths	6 1580 31274	Families Genera Species
Subsection	Rhopalocera Boisduval, 1836 Butterflies	3 1099 24454	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 Skippers	2 1096 24391	Families Genera Species
Family	Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skippers	1096 24391	Genera Species
Subfamily	Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809 Banded skippers, Branded skippers, Folded-winged Skippers	408 10692	Genera Species
Tribe	Baorini Doherty, 1866	12 653	Genera Species
Genus	Pelopidas F. Walker, 1870 Branded Swifts, Dark Branded Swifts, Millet Skippers	81	Species

Subnodes of Pelopidas F. Walker, 1870

Species	Pelopidas agna Moore, 1865 Bengal Swift, Common swift, Dark Branded Swift	4	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas agnata Evans, 1934
Species	Pelopidas albirostris Mabille, 1887 ⇒ Pelopidas mathias
Species	Pelopidas alice Plötz, 1883
Species	Pelopidas assamensis de Nicéville, 1882 Great Swift
Species	Pelopidas baibarana Matsumura, 1929
Species	Pelopidas balarama Plötz, 1882
Species	Pelopidas barnesi Evans, 1949
Species	Pelopidas barneyi Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas ceramica Plötz, 1886
Species	Pelopidas chagwa Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas chaya Moore, 1865
Species	Pelopidas conjucta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Conjoined Swift
Species	Pelopidas conjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Conjoined Swift	3	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas conjunctus Herrich-Schaffer, 1869 Conjoined Swift	1	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas consanguis Plötz, 1883
Species	Pelopidas dingo Evans, 1949 ⇒ Pelopidas agna
Species	Pelopidas elegans Mabille, 1877 ⇒ Pelopidas mathias
Species	Pelopidas ella Plötz, 1883
Species	Pelopidas fanta Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas flava Evans, 1926
Species	Pelopidas flavus Evans, 1926 Yellow-branded Swift
Species	Pelopidas flexilis Swinhoe, 1885
Species	Pelopidas grisemarginata Yuan, Zhang & Yuan, 2010
Species	Pelopidas inconspicua Bertolini, 1850
Species	Pelopidas jansonis Butler, 1878
Species	Pelopidas javana Mabille, 1877
Species	Pelopidas julianus Latreille, 1823
Species	Pelopidas kilwa Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas larika Pagenstecher, 1884
Species	Pelopidas lavella Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas liana Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas lodra Plötz, 1879
Species	Pelopidas lyelli Rothschild, 1915 Lyell's Swift, Lyell´s swift	2	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas masta Evans, 1949
Species	Pelopidas mathewi Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 Black Branded Swift, Black-branded Swift, Paddy skipper	4	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas micipsa Trimen, 1862
Species	Pelopidas midea Hübner, 1821 ⇒ Pelopidas thrax Millet Skipper, Pale Small-branded Swift
Species	Pelopidas mohopaani Wallengren, 1857
Species	Pelopidas narooa Moore, 1878
Species	Pelopidas niasica Fruhstorfer, 1911
Species	Pelopidas oberthuri Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas octofenestrata Saalmüller, 1884 ⇒ Pelopidas mathias
Species	Pelopidas parvimacula Rothschild, 1915
Species	Pelopidas pelora Plötz, 1882
Species	Pelopidas prominens Moore, 1882
Species	Pelopidas reducta Shirôzu, 1952 ⇒ Pelopidas conjuncta
Species	Pelopidas repetita Butler, 1882
Species	Pelopidas rougeoti Picard, 1949
Species	Pelopidas satriana Mabille, 1891 European leafroller
Species	Pelopidas similis Leech, 1890
Species	Pelopidas sinensis Mabille, 1877 Chinese Branded Swift, Chinese Swift, Chinese Swift or
Species	Pelopidas sirena Evans, 1937
Species	Pelopidas spec de Niceville, 1882
Species	Pelopidas stictica Fruhstorfer, 1911
Species	Pelopidas subochracea Moore, 1878 Large Branded Swift	2	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas subochraceus Evans, 1937 Large Branded Swift	1	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 Large Branded Swift, Millet Skipper, Millet Skipper or	4	Subspecies
Species	Pelopidas umbrata Butler, 1879 ⇒ Pelopidas mathias

Synonyms

Chapra (Moore, 1881)

Peliophidas (Swinhoe in Moore, 1913)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Pelopidas

English

Branded Swifts, Dark Branded Swifts, Millet Skippers

Distribution of Pelopidas F. Walker, 1870

Angola, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Cyprus, East Timor, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic South Africa, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Links, sources and further information

Pelopidas at gbif.org
Pelopidas at irmng.org