Erionota
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Erionota 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
- Erionota acroleuca (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)
- Erionota grandis (Leech, 1890)
- Erionota harmachis (Hewitson, 1878)
- Erionota hiraca (Moore, 1881)
- Erionota hislopi Evans, 1956
- Erionota surprisa de Jong & Treadaway, 1993
- Erionota sybirita (Hewitson, 1876)
- Erionota thraxErionota thraxErionota thrax, commonly known as the Palm Redeye or the Banana Skipper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from India, through south-eastern Asia to Papua New Guinea. In the north it is found up to southern China. It is an introduced species on various Pacific...
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Erionota tribus Evans, 1941
- Erionota torus Evans, 1941