Melanopyge

Melanopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Melanopyge
M. maculosa and M. erythrosticta in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Melanopyge

O. Mielke, 2002

Species
  • Melanopyge cossea (Druce, 1875) cossea skipper - Colombia
  • Melanopyge erythrosticta (Godman & Salvin, 1879) spotted skipper - southeast Mexico to Panama
  • Melanopyge hoffmanni (Freeman, 1977) Hoffmann's skipper - southeast Mexico, Belize
  • Melanopyge maculosa (Hewitson, 1866) maculosa skipper - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
  • Melanopyge mulleri (Bell, 1934) red-spotted skipper - southeast Mexico

References


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