Zopyrion (skipper)

Zopyrion
Zopyrion sandace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Zopyrion
Godman & Salvin, [1896][1]

Zopyrion is a genus of butterflies in the Hesperiidae (skipper) family[2] and the Pyrgini tribe.[3] The type species, Zopyrion sandace, was described in 1896 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in their Biologia Centrali-Americana.[2]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Zopyrion Godman & Salvin, [1896]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Genus details". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum (London). doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ^ Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2007). "Zopyrion: Godman & Salvin 1896". The Tree of Life Project. Retrieved 1 August 2013.