Alenia (butterfly)
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Alenia is a genus of skippers
in the family Hesperiidae.
Skipper (butterfly)
A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South...
in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
- Alenia namaquaAlenia namaquaThe Namaqua Dancer or Namaqua Sandman is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is only known from Namaqualand in the northern Cape of South Africa, from Calvinia north through Kamiensberg into Namibia....
Vári, 1974 - Alenia sandasterAlenia sandasterThe Karoo Dancer or Karoo Sandman is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is only known from the arid Nama Karoo of the eastern part of the West Cape, the central North Cape and the western East Cape in South Africa....
(Trimen, 1868)