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Creteus

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Creteus
Creteus cyrina as Parnara parca deniceville fig.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Creteus
de Nicéville, 1895
Species:
C. cyrina
Binomial name
Creteus cyrina
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • Cyrina Hemming, 1939

(Species)

  • Hesperia cyrina Hewitson, 1876
  • Cyrina cyrina

Creteus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Creteus cyrina, which is found in Asia, including India, Thailand and Brunei.

References

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  1. ^ Creteus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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