Chaetocneme is genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of skipper butterflies (family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Hesperiidae). It belongs to the 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...

 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...

 of subfamily Pyrginae.

The genus was established in 1860 with "Chaetocneme corvus" – then newly-described as it was believed – as the type species

Type species

In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...

. However, the same species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 was already described by Pieter Cramer

Pieter Cramer

Pieter Cramer , was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, and an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing and a member of Concordia et Libertate, based in Amsterdam...

 in 1775 under the name "Papilio helirius". Thus, the type species is nowadays called Chaetocneme helirius.

Selected species

• Chaetocneme beata
  Chaetocneme beata
  Chaetocneme beata, the Common Red-Eye or Eastern Dull-Flat, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in edges of the upland rainforest along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales.The wingspan is about 50 mm....
  
  
• Chaetocneme denitza
  Chaetocneme denitza
  Chaetocneme denitza, commonly known as the Ornate Dusk-flat, is a butterfly of the Skipper family endemic to Australia....
  
  
• Chaetocneme helirius