Paronymus
Genus of butterflies
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Paronymus, the large darts, is an Afrotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Paronymus Aurivillius, [1925] |
Species
- Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
- Paronymus ligora (Hewitson, 1876)
- Paronymus nevea (Druce, 1910)
- Paronymus xanthias (Mabille, 1891)
Former species
- Paronymus xanthioides (Holland, 1892) - transferred to Xanthonymus xanthioides (Holland, 1892)
