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Thymelicus

Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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Thymelicus
Male small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Thymelicina
Genus: Thymelicus
Hubner, 1819
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Synonyms
  • Adopoea Billberg, 1820
  • Pelion Kirby, 1858
  • Doricha Moore, 1883

Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Thymelicus Fuller distribution