Niconiades

Niconiades
Niconiades nikko
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus:
Hübner, [1821]

Niconiades is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Niconiades include:[1]

  • Niconiades comitana Freeman, 1969
  • Niconiades cydia (Hewitson, 1876)
  • Niconiades derisor (Mabille, 1891)
  • Niconiades merenda (Mabille, 1878)
  • Niconiades peri (Evans, 1955)
  • Niconiades viridis (Bell, 1930)
  • Niconiades xanthaphes Hübner, [1821]


References

  1. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.