Chondrolepis
Appearance
Chondrolepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Astictopterini |
Genus: | Chondrolepis Mabille, 1904[1] |
Synonyms | |
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Chondrolepis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The name Chondrolepis (meaning "thick scales") derives from Greek words: chondros (meaning "thick") and lepis (meaning "scale").
Species
[edit]- Chondrolepis cynthia Evans, 1936
- Chondrolepis ducarmei T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
- Chondrolepis leggei (Heron, 1909)
- Chondrolepis nero Evans, 1937
- Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
- Chondrolepis obscurior de Jong, 1986
- Chondrolepis similis de Jong, 1986
- Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
- Chondrolepis uluguru T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Chondrolepis.
- ^ Chondrolepis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
[edit]- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 78