Astraptes

Flasher butterflies
Astraptes sp. and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Astraptes
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

Astraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.