Pelopidas (skipper)

Pelopidas (skipper)

Taxobox
name = Branded Swifts


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Hesperiinae
tribus = Gegenini
genus = "Pelopidas"
genus_authority = F. Walker, 1870
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Pelopidas agna" "Pelopidas assamensis" "Pelopidas conjuncta" "Pelopidas flava" "Pelopidas jansonis" "Pelopidas lyelli" "Pelopidas mathias" "Pelopidas sinensis" "Pelopidas subochracea" "Pelopidas thrax"

"Pelopidas" is a genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as Branded Swifts or Millet Skippers. "Polytremis kiraizana" is sometimes placed here too.

Notable species

* Dark Branded Swift, "Pelopidas agna"
* Great Swift, "Pelopidas assamensis"
* Conjoined Swift, "Pelopidas conjucta"
* Dark Small-branded Swift, "Pelopidas mathias"
* Large Branded Swift, "Pelopidas subochracea"
* Pale Small-branded Swift, "Pelopidas thrax"


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