Oriens (butterfly)
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| Oriens | |
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| Oriens goloides | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Oriens Evans, 1932 |
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Oriens, the dartlets, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae (Hesperiidae). The genus was described by William Harry Evans in 1932. The six species, all of which look very similar to each other and are often only reliably identifiable through the examination of the male genitalia.
