Ancyloxypha

Ancyloxypha is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.

Ancyloxypha
Ancyloxypha numitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Genus:
Ancyloxypha

C. Felder, 1862
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Ancyloxipha Hewitson, 1868
  • Ancyloxyphia Maynard, 1891
  • Ancyloxpha Skinner, 1898)
  • Anchyloxypha Woodworth, 1912
  • Anciloxipha Giacomelli, 1923
  • Anoylexypha S. Moore, 1937
  • Ancyloxypa Mielke, 1980

List of species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • Ancyloxypha arene (Edwards, 1871) – tropical least skipper
  • Ancyloxypha aurea (Hayward, 1940)
  • Ancyloxypha dryas (Hayward, 1942)
  • Ancyloxypha melanoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
  • Ancyloxypha nitedula (Burmeister, 1878)
  • Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius, 1793) – least skipper or least skipperling
  • Ancyloxypha ramba (Evans, 1955)

References
  1. Ancyloxypha, funet.fi
  2. Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4


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