Argopteron
Genus of butterflies
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Argopteron is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
| Argopteron | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: | Argopteron Watson, 1893 |
Species
Recognised species in the genus Argopteron include:[1]
- Argopteron aureipennis (Blanchard, 1852)
- Argopteron aureuma Peña, 1968
- Argopteron puelmae (Calvert, 1888)
Former species
- Argopteron xicca Dyar, 1913 - transferred to Ladda xicca (Dyar, 1913)[2]
