Chioides
Genus of skipper butterflies
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Chioides is a mainly Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae)
| Chioides | |
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| Chioides albofasciatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Eudaminae |
| Genus: | Chioides Lindsey, 1921[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Eudamus albofasciatus Hewitson, 1867 | |
They range from the south-western United States to Argentina and there are several Antillean endemic species. They are robust and have hindwing "tails".[citation needed]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Chioides:[3]
- Chioides albofasciatus (Hewitson, 1867)
- Chioides catillus (Cramer, 1780)
- Chioides churchi E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948
- Chioides cinereus (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)
- Chioides concinnus (Mabille, 1877)
- Chioides iverna Evans, 1952
- Chioides ixion (Plötz, 1881)
- Chioides marmorosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
- Chioides vintra Evans, 1952
- Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874)
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