Platylesches
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Platylesches is a genus of skippers
in the family Hesperiidae, commonly called Hoppers, found in Africa.
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, commonly called Hoppers, found in Africa.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1920
- Platylesches ayresiiPlatylesches ayresiiThe Peppered Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in bushveld in Botswana, western Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.The wingspan is 27–32 mm for males and 35–38 mm for females....
(Trimen, 1889) – Peppered Hopper - Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)
- Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)
- Platylesches dolomiticaPlatylesches dolomiticaThe Hilltop Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is only known from dolomite ridges near Steelpoort in Mpumalanga, Horn’s Nek near Pretoria and Carletonville in Gauteng....
Henning & Henning, 1997 – Hilltop Hopper, Dolomite Hopper - Platylesches fosta Evans, 1937
- Platylesches galesaPlatylesches galesaThe White-tail Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Transvaal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It is common in forest and woodland....
(Hewitson, 1877) – White-tail Hopper, Black Hopper - Platylesches iva Evans, 1937
- Platylesches lamba Neave, 1910
- Platylesches langa Evans, 1937
- Platylesches larseni Kielland, 1992
- Platylesches moritiliPlatylesches moritiliThe Honey Hopper or Common Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal, north along the coast and hinterland to Maputaland and from Mpumalanga to northern Gauteng and from the central Limpopo Province to Pafuri.The wingspan is 31–33 mm for males and...
(Wallengren, 1857) – Common Hopper, Honey Hopper - Platylesches nebaPlatylesches nebaThe Flower-girl Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Zululand, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and south-western Africa....
(Hewitson, 1877) – Flower-girl Hopper - Platylesches panga Evans, 1937
- Platylesches picaniniPlatylesches picaniniThe Banded Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Transvaal, Liberia, and Congo....
(Holland, 1894) – Banded Hopper - Platylesches rasta Evans, 1937
- Platylesches robustusPlatylesches robustusThe Robust Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe....
Neave, 1910 – Robust Hopper - Platylesches rossii Belcastro, 1986
- Platylesches shona Evans, 1937
- Platylesches tinaPlatylesches tinaThe Small Hopper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and from Tanzania to southern Kenya.These skippers are brown with light white spots in the middle of both fore and hindwings...
Evans, 1937 – Small Hopper