Adopaeoides
Appearance
Adopaeoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Apaustina |
Genus: | Adopaeoides Godman, 1900 |
Adopaeoides is a genus of butterflies in the grass skipper subfamily Hesperiinae. It is found in Mexico and the south-western United States.
Species include:
- Adopaeoides bistriata Godman, 1900 (Mexico)
- Adopaeoides prittwitzi (Plötz, 1884) – sunrise skipper (Mexico, south-western USA)
External links
[edit]- Adopaeoides. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Database.
- Images. Butterflies of the Americas.