Eudamini

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Eudamini
Long-tailed Skipper, Urbanus proteus
Long-tailed Skipper, Urbanus proteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Eudamini
Genera

Many, see text

The Eudamini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. The Celaenorrhini are nowadays included herein completely or for the largest part, and some of the Pyrginae not assigned to a tribe may end up here eventually too.

The original type genus Eudamus is today a junior synonym of Urbanus.

[edit] Notable genera

  • Achalarus Scudder, 1872
  • Aguna Williams, 1927
  • Astraptes
  • Augiades Hübner, [1819]
  • Aurina Evans, 1937
  • Autochton Hübner, [1823]
  • Bungalotis Watson, 1893
  • Cabares Godman & Salvin, [1894]
  • Cabirus Hübner, [1819]
  • Calliades Mabille & Boullet, 1912
  • Celaenorrhinus
  • Cephise Evans, 1952
  • Chioides Lindsey, 1921
  • Chrysoplectrum Watson, 1893
  • Codatractus Lindsey, 1921
  • Drephalys Watson, 1893
  • Dyscophellus Godman & Salvin, [1893]
  • Entheus Hübner, [1819]
  • Epargyreus Hübner, [1819]
  • Heronia Mabille & Boullet, 1912
  • Hyalothyrus Mabille, 1878
  • Hypocryptothrix Watson, 1893
  • Narcosius Steinhauser, 1986
  • Nascus Watson, 1893
  • Ocyba Lindsey, 1925
  • Oileides Hübner, [1825]
  • Phanus Hübner, [1819]
  • Phareas Westwood, [1852]
  • Phocides Hübner, [1819]
  • Polygonus Hübner, [1825]
  • Polythrix Watson, 1893
  • Porphyrogenes Watson, 1893
  • Proteides Hübner, [1819]
  • Ridens Evans, 1952
  • Salatis Evans, 1952
  • Sarmientola Berg, 1897
  • Tarsoctenus Watson, 1893
  • Thessia Steinhauser, 1989
  • Thorybes Scudder, 1872
  • Typhedanus Butler, 1870
  • Udranomia Butler, 1870
  • Urbanus Hübner, [1807]
  • Venada Evans, 1952
  • Zestusa Lindsey, 1925
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