Thespieus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thespieus
both, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Thespieus
Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900][1]

Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thespieus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Bell, E.L., 1932: Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Roraima and Duida expeditions, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates 555: 1–16. Full article: [1].
  • Bell, E.L., 1938: A new genus and five new species of Neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1013: 1–11. Full article: [2].
  • Bell, E.L., 1942: New genera and new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1205: 1–9. Full article: [3].
  • Lamas, G., 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.
  • Nicolay, S.S., 1973: Descriptions of new neotropical Hesperiidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 27 (4): 243–257. Full article: [4].

External links[edit]