Choaspes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Coeliadinae
Genus: Choaspes
Species: C. adhara –C. benjaminii –C. estrella –C. hemixanthus –C. illuensis –C. plateni –C. subcaudata –C. xanthopogon
Name

Choaspes Moore, [1881]

Type species: Hesperia (Thymele) benjaminii Guérin-Méneville, 1843.
Synonymy

Choaspes Moore, [1881]: 158; Hemming, 1967: 113, et seq..

References

de Jong, R., 1980. Neue taxa der Gattung Choaspes aus den Philippinen. Entomologische Zeitschrift. 90(23): 263-267. Reference page. 
de Jong, R. & Treadaway, C., 2007. Hesperiidae of the Philippine Islands. in Bauer & Frankenbach Butterflies of the World Supplement 15. Goecke & Evers, Keltern. Reference page. 
Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1843. Animaux articulés II. In Delessert, Alphonse, Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Part II. Histoire Naturelle. pp. i + 1–107, pls 11–27. Fortin, Mason & Cie, Langlois & Leclerq éditeurs, Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page. 
Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page. 
Tsukiyama, H. & H. Chiba, 1991. A New Species and Subspecies of Skippers from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Tyô to Ga 42 (4): 255–260. Reference page. 

Choaspes is an Indomalayan realm and Australasian realm genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are the only skippers with strongly hairy eyes.
Species

Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Choaspes estrella de Jong, 1980 Philippines
Choaspes hemixanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Sulawesi, Halamahera, New Guinea
Choaspes furcatus Evans, 1932 Nepal to Burma, Thailand, Laos,Hainan, Malay Peninsula, Palawan
Choaspes illuensis (Ribbe, 1900) New Guinea
Choaspes plateni (Staudinger, 1888)
Choaspes subcaudata (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, [1844])

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database