Melanopyge
Genus of butterflies
| Melanopyge | |
|---|---|
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| M. maculosa and M. erythrosticta in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Melanopyge O. Mielke, 2002 |
Melanopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
- Melanopyge cossea (Druce, 1875) cossea skipper - Colombia
- Melanopyge erythrosticta (Godman & Salvin, 1879) spotted skipper - southeast Mexico to Panama
- Melanopyge hoffmanni (Freeman, 1977) Hoffmann's skipper - southeast Mexico, Belize
- Melanopyge maculosa (Hewitson, 1866) maculosa skipper - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Melanopyge mulleri (Bell, 1934) red-spotted skipper - southeast Mexico
References
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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