Astraptes
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Astraptes is the genus
of flasher butterflies. They belong to the skipper butterfly subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe
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Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flasher butterflies. They belong to the skipper butterfly subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
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Species include:
- Astraptes alardus – Frosted Flasher
- Astraptes alector – Gilbert's Flasher
- Astraptes anaphusAstraptes anaphusThe Yellow-tipped Flasher or Dull Astraptes is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Argentina, north through Central America to the West Indies and Mexico. Strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.The wingspan is 51-64 mm...
– Yellow-tipped Flasher - Astraptes egregius – Small-spotted Flasher
- Astraptes fulgerator – Two-barred Flasher