- Gegenini
Taxobox
name = Gegenini
image_width = 240px
image_caption =Straight Swift ("Parnara guttata")
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
superfamilia =Hesperioidea
familia =Hesperiidae
subfamilia =Hesperiinae
tribus = Gegenini
tribus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Baoris " "Borbo " "Caltoris " "Gegenes " "Iton" "Parnara " "Pelopidas" "Polytremis " "Pseudoborbo "The Gegenini are a tribe in the
Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. Among others, it contains the butterflies commonly called "swifts" ("Swift moths" belong to the unrelatedHepialidae ). As most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, the number of genera assigned to it might increase eventually.
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