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Vidius

Vidius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Vidius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Vidius
Evans, 1955

Vidius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Vidius include:

  • Vidius felus Mielke, 19681
  • Vidius fraus (Godman, 1900)1
  • Vidius vidius (Mabille, 1891)2

Former species

  • Vidius anna (Mabille, 1898) - transferred to Moeris anna (Mabille, 1898)
  • Vidius fido Evans, 1955 - transferred to Fidius fido (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius laska Evans, 1955 - transferred to Psoralis laska (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius nappa Evans, 1955 - transferred to Nastra nappa (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius nostra Evans, 1955 - transferred to Rectava nostra (Evans, 1955)
  • Vidius ochraceus Mielke, 1980 - transferred to Fidius ochraceus (Mielke, 1980)


References

References

  1. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.
  2. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.