Hesperilla
Genus of butterflies
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Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.[1]
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| Hesperilla ornata, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Trapezitinae |
| Genus: | Hesperilla Hewitson, 1868 |
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As a result of research published in 2022, the species of the genera Motasingha and Oreisplanus were transferred to Hesperilla.[2]
Species
The genus includes the following species:[1]
- Hesperilla chrysotricha Meyrick & Lower, 1902
- Hesperilla crypsargyra Meyrick, 1888
- Hesperilla crypsigramma (Meyrick & Lower, 1902)
- Hesperilla dirphia Hewitson, 1868
- Hesperilla donnysa Hewitson, 1868
- Hesperilla flavescens Waterhouse, 1927
- Hesperilla furva Sands & Kerr, 1973
- Hesperilla hopsoni Waterhouse, 1927
- Hesperilla idothea Miskin, 1889
- Hesperilla malindeva Lower, 1911
- Hesperilla mastersi Waterhouse, 1900
- Hesperilla munionga Olliff, 1890
- Hesperilla ornata Leach, 1814
- Hesperilla perornata Kirby, 1893
- Hesperilla picta Leach, 1814
- Hesperilla sarnia Atkins, 1978
- Hesperilla sexguttata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
- Hesperilla trimaculata Tepper, 1882
Former Species
These species were formerly in the genus Hesperilla:[2]
- Hesperilla saxula Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Halotus angellus Plötz, 1886
- Hesperilla icaria Waterhouse, 1941 - synonymized with Hesperilla donnysa donnysa Hewitson, 1868
- Hesperilla dilata - synonymized with Hesperilla trimaculata dilata (Waterhouse, 1932)
- Hesperilla anapus - synonymized with Antipodia dactyliota (Meyrick, 1888)
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