Skipperlings
Large Chequered Skipper, Heteropterus morpheus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Hesperioidea Family: Hesperiidae Subfamily: Heteropterinae
Genera
See text.

Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae.

List of 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.
• Lepella Evans, 1937.
• Leptalina Mabille, 1904.
• Metisella Hemming, 1934.
• Piruna Evans, 1955.
• Tsitana Evans, 1937.

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