| Skipperlings | |
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| Large chequered skipper, Heteropterus morpheus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 |
| Genera | |
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Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
Genera
The subfamily includes the following genera:
- Apostictopterus Leech, 1893
- Argopteron Watson, 1893
- Barca de Nicéville, 1902
- Butleria Kirby, 1871
- Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852
- Dalla Mabille, 1904
- Dardarina Evans, 1937
- Freemaniana Warren, 2001
- Heteropterus Duméril, 1806
- Hovala Evans, 1937
- Ladda Grishin, 2019
- Lepella Evans, 1937
- Leptalina Mabille, 1904
- Metisella Hemming, 1934
- Piruna Evans, 1955
- Tsitana Evans, 1937