Adopaeoides

Adopaeoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Thymelicini
Genus: Adopaeoides
Godman, 1900

Adopaeoides is a genus of butterflies in the grass skipper subfamily, Hesperiinae. It is small genus from Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Species include:

  • Adopaeoides bistriata Godman, 1900 (Mexico)
  • Adopaeoides prittwitzi (Plötz, 1884) sunrise skipper (Mexico, southwestern USA)


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