Skipperlings
Large chequered skipper, Heteropterus morpheus
Scientific classification
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

External links

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