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Argopteron

Argopteron is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Jun 27, 2026
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Argopteron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Heteropterinae
Genus: Argopteron
Watson, 1893

Argopteron is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Argopteron include:1

  • Argopteron aureipennis (Blanchard, 1852)
  • Argopteron aureuma Peña, 1968
  • Argopteron puelmae (Calvert, 1888)

Former species

  • Argopteron xicca Dyar, 1913 - transferred to Ladda xicca (Dyar, 1913)2
References

References

  1. "Argopteron Watson, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.