Aethilla (butterfly)

Aethilla
Aethilla epicra from Ecuador, Mindo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Achlyodidini
Genus:	Aethilla Hewitson, 1868
Synonyms
Eurypterus Mabille, 1877

Aethilla is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.^[1]

• Aethilla chiapa (Freeman, 1969) — Mexico
• Aethilla echina (Hewitson, 1870) — Mexico to Colombia
  • A. echina echina — Ecuador
  • A. echina coracina (Butler, 1870) — Brazil
• Aethilla eleusinia (Hewitson, 1868) — Ecuador
• Aethilla epicra (Hewitson, 1870) — Ecuador, Colombia
• Aethilla gigas (Mabille, 1877) — Ecuador, Peru
• Aethilla haber (Mabille, 1891) — Peru
• Aethilla later (Mabille, 1891) — Peru
• Aethilla lavochrea (Butler, 1872) — Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
• Aethilla melas (Plötz, 1882) — Brazil
• Aethilla memmius (Butler, 1870) — Venezuela

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