The Celaenorrhini are a tribe

Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

 in the skipper butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 subfamily Pyrginae (spread-winged skippers). When the Eudaminae were still included in the Pyrginae as a tribe, their delimitation versus the Celaenorrhini was disputed, and there were even suggestions that the latter might belong in the former. But in reality, these two lineages of moderately advanced skippers are quite distinct. Some Celaenorrhini genera were also placed in the fairly closely related (but nonetheless distinct) tribe Tagiadini

Tagiadini

The Tagiadini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe are found in mostly tropical regions of Africa, Asia...

 on occasion; Capila

Capila

Capila is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...

however has turned out to be properly placed there.

These skippers are mainly found in tropical Africa

Africa

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. A few are found in Asia

Asia

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, and some species

Species

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 presently placed in the (paraphyletic) type genus

Type genus

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 Celaenorrhinus

Celaenorrhinus

Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is "flats", for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera...

are found in the Neotropics. The closest living relatives of the Celaenorrhini are – other than the Tagiadini – the firetips

Firetips

Firetips or firetail skippers are the tribe Pyrrhopygini of the skipper butterflies . The roughly 150 species are found only in the Neotropics, with the exception of one species which just reaches into the USA...

, which were formerly treated as a subfamily but are nowadays considered the Pyrginae tribe Pyrrhopygini.

Genera

The following genera

Genera

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 – listed in the presumed phylogenetic sequence – are placed in the Celaenorrhini:

• Alenia
  Alenia (butterfly)
  Alenia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-Species:*Alenia namaqua Vári, 1974*Alenia sandaster -References:*-External links:*...
  
  
• Celaenorrhinus
  Celaenorrhinus
  Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is "flats", for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera...
  
  – sprites, "flats" (paraphyletic)
• Katreus
  Katreus
  Katreus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...
  
  – Giant Scarce Sprite
• Eretis
  Eretis
  Eretis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-Species:*Eretis buamba Evans, 1937*Eretis camerona Evans, 1937*Eretis djaelaelae *Eretis herewardi Riley, 1921*Eretis lugens...
  
  – "elves
  Elf (disambiguation)
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• Sarangesa
  Sarangesa
  Sarangesa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-Species:*Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1893*Sarangesa aza Evans, 1951*Sarangesa bouvieri *Sarangesa brigida *Sarangesa dasahara Moore, [1866]...
  
  – "elfin
  Elfin
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  s" (formerly often in Tagiadini
  Tagiadini
  The Tagiadini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe are found in mostly tropical regions of Africa, Asia...
  
  )
• Pseudocoladenia
  Pseudocoladenia
  Pseudocoladenia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...
  
  (formerly often in Tagiadini)
• Loxolexis
  Loxolexis
  Loxolexis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...
  
  – scarce sprites