Overview
Coeliadinae is a of the Hesperiidae ("skippers") family of butterflies.
In Coeliadinae the second segment of the palpae is erect and densely-scaled and the third segment is perpendicular to it, long, slender and without scales. The subfamily is restricted to the Old World tropics.The subfamily was erected by William Frederick Evans in 1934.
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Coeliadinae is a member of the Family Hesperiidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Coeliadinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Family: Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809 - Skippers
- Subfamily: Coeliadinae
- Family: Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809 - Skippers
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Coeliadinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (7): Allora · Badamia · Bibasis · Choaspes · Coeliades · Hasora · Pyrrhochalcia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Coeliadinae.
Genera
Allora
Badamia
Badamia is a genus of . [more]
Bibasis
The awlets, Bibasis, are a of skipper butterflies. [more]
Choaspes
Choaspes may be referring to: [more]
Coeliades
Hasora
Hasora, the awls, are a of skipper butterflies. [more]
Pyrrhochalcia
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Pyrrhochalcia.
More info about the Genus Pyrrhochalcia may be found here.
Sources
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