Tagiades
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Tagiades is a genus of skipper butterflies (family
Hesperiidae). It belongs to the subfamily Pyrginae, and therein to the tribe
Tagiadini
, of which it is the type genus
.
Family (biology)
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Hesperiidae). It belongs to the subfamily Pyrginae, and therein to the tribe
Tribe (biology)
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Tagiadini
Tagiadini
The Tagiadini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe are found in mostly tropical regions of Africa, Asia...
, of which it is the type genus
Type genus
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Species
- Tagiades calligana Butler, [1879]
- Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914
- Tagiades flesusTagiades flesusThe Clouded Flat, Clouded Forester or Clouded Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family from southern Africa.-Description:...
(Fabricius, 1781) - Tagiades ganaTagiades ganaTagiades gana, commonly known as the Immaculate/Large/Suffused Snow Flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.-Description:Watson gives a detailed description as follows :-thumb|right|From Thrissur, Kerala...
(Moore, [1866]) - Tagiades hybridus Devyatkin, 2001
- Tagiades insularis Mabille, 1876
- Tagiades japetus (Stoll, [1781])
- Tagiades lavata Butler, [1879]
- Tagiades litigiosaTagiades litigiosaTagiades litigiosa, commonly known as the Water Snow Flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India.The larvae feed on Dioscorea oppositifolia, Dioscorea alata and Smilax species....
Möschler, 1878 - Tagiades menaka (Moore, [1866])
- Tagiades nestusTagiades nestusThe Papuan Snow Flat or Nestus Flat is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found on the Australian islands in the Torres Strait and in New Guinea.The wingspan is about 40 mm....
(C. Felder, 1860) - Tagiades parra Fruhstorfer, 1910
- Tagiades samborana Grose-Smith, 1891
- Tagiades toba de Nicéville, [1896]
- Tagiades trebellius (Hopffer, 1874)
- Tagiades ultra Evans, 1932
- Tagiades waterstradti Elwes & Edwards, 1897