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Hesperiidae

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Sarangesa motozi (Wallengren, 1857)

Sarangesa motozi is an African species with variegated brown and grey wing upper surfaces and sex-specific wingspans.

Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Sarangesa phidyle, the orange flat or small elfin, is a Hesperiidae butterfly found across parts of Africa and Saudi Arabia.

Celaenorrhinus mokeezi (Wallengren, 1857)

Celaenorrhinus mokeezi, or large sprite, is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in parts of southern Africa, with larvae feeding on buckweed.

Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)

Tagiades flesus is a species with distinct wing markings, found in forested regions of southern and Western Africa.

Tagiades japetus (Stoll, 1781)

Tagiades japetus is a skipper butterfly species found across South, Southeast and Oceania, with distinct male and female wing markings and documented life cycle.

Tagiades gana (Moore, 1865)

Tagiades gana (Moore, 1865) is a species with detailed wing patterning described for both sexes, whose larvae use Dioscorea alata as a host plant.

Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878

Tagiades litigiosa is a skipper species that differs in wing markings from T. menaka, with larvae feeding on specific vines.

Tagiades menaka (Moore, 1865)

Tagiades menaka, the spotted or dark-edged snow flat, is a spread-winged skipper butterfly species with three recognized subspecies.

Tagiades trebellius (Hopffer, 1874)

Tagiades trebellius is a larger, clearly identifiable skipper with distinct spotted markings on its wings.

Tagiades litigiosa ultra Evans, 1932

This is a subspecies of spread-winged skipper, distinct from Tagiades menaka with characteristic wing markings, larvae feeding on specific plants.

Caprona alida (de Nicéville, 1891)

Caprona alida is a butterfly species with distinct wing markings that differ slightly between males and females.

Caprona ransonnettii (Felder, 1868)

Caprona ransonnettii is a butterfly species found in India and Sri Lanka, with paler dry-season color variation.

Odontoptilum angulata (Felder, 1862)

This is a morphological description of the moth or butterfly species Odontoptilum angulata, covering color and markings for both sexes.

Tapena thwaitesi Moore, 1881

Tapena thwaitesi Moore, 1881 is a moth species showing distinct sexual dimorphism in wing color and markings.

Daimio tethys (Ménétriés, 1857)

Daimio tethys is an eastern Asian Hesperiidae butterfly whose larvae feed on a range of specific plants.

Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)

Eagris nottoana is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in eastern Africa and Madagascar, with larvae feeding on specific woody plants.

Mooreana trichoneura (C.Felder & R.Felder, 1860)

Mooreana trichoneura, the yellow flat, is a butterfly found across South and Southeast Asia in lowland forests up to 833 m elevation.

Netrocoryne repanda C.Felder & R.Felder, 1867

Netrocoryne repanda is a butterfly species found in Australia belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Chaetocneme beata (Hewitson, 1867)

Chaetocneme beata is a Hesperiidae butterfly species found in Australian coastal upland rainforest edges.

Rachana jalindra (Horsfield, 1829)

The banded royal (Rachana jalindra) is a blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm, first described in 1829.

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