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Oileides

Oileides is a genus of Neotropical spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Oileides
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Tribe: Oileidini
Subtribe: Oileidina
Genus: Oileides
Hübner, [1825]
Synonyms
  • Ablepsis Watson, 1893

Oileides is a genus of Neotropical spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.1

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Oileides:2

  • Oileides fenestratus (Gmelin, [1790]) - French Guiana
  • Oileides guyanensis (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) - French Guiana
  • Oileides vulpinus Hübner, [1825] - Brazil
References

References

  1. Funet
  2. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
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