Oriens (butterfly)

Oriens
Oriens goloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Oriens
Evans, 1932
Synonyms
  • Nicevillea Evans, 1926 (preocc. Nicevillea Hampson, 1895)

Oriens, the dartlets, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae (Hesperiidae). The genus was described by William Harry Evans in 1932.