Achlyodes
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Achlyodes is a genus of skippers
Skipper (butterfly)
A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South...

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The genus has only few species:
  • Achlyodes busirus (Cramer, [1779])
  • Achlyodes pallida (R. Felder, 1869)
  • Achlyodes minna Evans, 1953
  • Achlyodes mithridates
    Achlyodes mithridates
    The Sickle-winged Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Argentina, north through tropical America and the West Indies to southern Texas. A regular stray north to central Texas, rarely to Arkansas and Kansas.The wingspan is 35–45 mm...

     (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Achlyodes munroei Bell, 1956

Three closely related species A. minna, A. mithridates and A. munroei are sometimes considered to belong to Eantis
Eantis
Eantis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...

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