Thymelicus
Encyclopedia
Thymelicus is a genus
in the skipper butterfly
family
, Hesperiidae. It is presently the only member of the tribe
Thymelini, but many skipper butterflies are yet to be assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
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...
in the skipper butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
, Hesperiidae. It is presently the only member of the 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...
Thymelini, but many skipper butterflies are yet to be assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
Species
- Thymelicus acteon (Lulworth SkipperLulworth SkipperThe Lulworth Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. Its name is derived from Lulworth Cove in the county of Dorset, England, where the first specimens in Great Britain were collected in 1832 by English naturalist James Charles Dale.The species occurs locally across Central Europe, Asia...
) - (Rottemburg, 1775) - Thymelicus alaica - (Filipjev, 1931)
- Thymelicus flavus
- Thymelicus hamzaThymelicus hamzaThe Morrocan Small Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North Africa and from Anatolia to Turkestan.The length of the forewings is 11-13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation....
- (Oberthür, 1876) - Thymelicus hyrax - (Lederer, 1861)
- Thymelicus leonina (Essex SkipperEssex SkipperThe Essex Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. In North America, it is known as the European Skipper....
) - (Butler, 1878) - Thymelicus lineola - (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
- Thymelicus nervulata
- Thymelicus novus - (Reverdin, 1916)
- Thymelicus stigma - Staudinger, 1886
- Thymelicus sylvatica - (Bremer, 1861)
- Thymelicus sylvestris (Small SkipperSmall SkipperThe Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.-Appearance, behaviour and distribution:It has a rusty orange colour to the wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. The body is silvery white below and it has a wingspan of 25–30 mm. This butterfly is very...
) - (Poda, 1761)