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HESPEROIDEA (skippers)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #refs #webs
Family HESPERIIDAE (skippers) 8      
Species Erynnis tages Linnaeus, 1758 (Dingy Skipper)   5    
Species Hesperia comma L., 1758 (Silver-spotted Skipper)     4  
Species Ochlodes venata (Large Skipper) 1 11    
Species Pyrgus malvae Linnaeus (Grizzled Skipper)   6    
Genus Thymelicus (a genus of skipper butterflies) 4 13 1 6

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

UK Butterflies: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk Web Site/Page
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J., 1989 Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae (the butterflies) (vol 7(1))

General Works

Brereton, T., Roy, D., & Greatorex-Davies, N., 2006 Thirty Years and Counting - the contribution to conservation and ecology of butterfly-monitoring in the UK

HESPEROIDEA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with HESPEROIDEA:

Hesperoidea may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

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