Spread-winged Skippers

Spread-winged skippers, Pyrginae, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). The tribe "Celaenorrhini" is usually included in the Eudamini entirely or for the largest part, including the type genus Celaenorrhinus.

A number of genera are of uncertain affiliations. These include:

• Abantis Hopffer, 1855
• Alenia Evans, 1935
• Calleagris Aurivillius, [1925]
• Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]
• Chaetocneme Felder, 1860
• Eagris Guenée, 1862
• Eretis Mabille, 1891
• Euschemon Doubleday, 1846
• Exometoeca Meyrick, 1888
• Katreus Watson, 1893
• Netrobalane Mabille, 1903
• Netrocoryne C. & R. Felder, [1867]
• Procampta Holland, 1892

Footnotes

References

• (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Pyrginae Version of 2007-JUN-12. Retrieved 2008-JAN-24.

External links

• Subfamily Pyrginae from Bugguide.net
• Cirrus Digital Imaging Reference photographs: Skippers of North America

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