Hesperiini

Life-forms

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus (8): Anthoptina – Apaustina – Calpodina – Carystina – Falgina – Hesperiina – Moncina – Thymelicina
Overview of genera not assigned to a subtribus

Genera: Anatrytone – Appia – Arotis – Atrytone – Caligulana – Chalcone – Cravera – Cyclosma – Hansa – Holguinia – Jongiana – Libra – Metron – Mnaseas – Neochlodes – Oligoria – Paratrytone – Phemiades – Problema – Propertius – Serdis – Tarmia – Thespieus – Tirynthoides – Vacerra

Name

Hesperiini Latreille, 1809
References

Austin, G.T. 2008. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: comments on Propertius Evans, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 154: 1–11. Reference page.
Austin, G.T. & Warren, A.D. 2009. New looks at and for Onespa, Buzyges, and Librita (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with new combinations and descriptions of a new genus and six new species. Insecta Mundi 89: 1–55. PDF Reference page.
Bell, E.L. 1940. A new genus and some new species of Neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1064: 1–5. PDF. Reference page.
Burns, J.M. 1994. Split skippers: Mexican genus Poanopsis goes in the origenes group—and Yvretta forms the rhesus group—of Polites (Hesperiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48(1): 24–45. PDF. Reference page.
Burns, J.M. 1994. Genitalia at the generic level: Atrytone restricted, Anatrytone resurrected, new genus Quasimellana -and yes! We have no Mellanas (Hesperiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48(4): 273–337. Reference page. .
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Zoobank. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Freeman, H.A. 1969. Records, new species, and a new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23(suppl. 2): 1–64. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Steinhauser, S.R. 1974. Notes on neotropical Nymphalidae and Hesperiidae with descriptions of new species and subspecies and a new genus. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 22: 1–38 (PDF). Reference page.
Warren, A.D. 2008. A new species of Atrytonopsis from western Mexico (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84(4): 257–268. PDF Reference page.
Watson, F.E. 1937. New Hesperiidae from the Antilles (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 906: 1–10. PDF. Reference page.

The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers[1] are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal brand of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females.[1]
Genera

Anatrytone
Arotis
Asbolis
Atalopedes
Atrytone
Atrytonopsis
Buzyges
Caligulana
Choranthus
Conga
Cravera
Cyclosma
Cynea
Decinea
Euphyes[2]
Hansa
Hesperia
Holguinia
Hylephila
Libra
Librita
Lindra
Linka
Metron
Molo
Notamblyscirtes[2]
Nyctelius
Ochlodes
Oeonus
Oligoria[2]
Onespa
Oxynthes
Parachoranthus
Paratrytone
Phemiades
Poanes[2]
Polites[2]
Pompeius[2]
Problema
Propertius
Pseudocopaeodes
Pyrrhocalles
Quasimellana
Quinta
Racta
Serdis
Stinga
Thespieus
Tirynthia
Tirynthoides
Vacerra
Wallengrenia

References

Hoskins, Adrian (2015). Butterflies of the World. London Sydney Auckland: Reed New Holland Publishers. p. 121. ISBN 9781921517334.
"Hesperiinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.