Choaspes is an Indomalayan realm and Australasian realm genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are the only skippers with strongly hairy eyes.
| Choaspes | |
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| Choaspes subcaudata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Coeliadinae |
| Genus: | Choaspes Moore, [1881] |
Species edit
- Choaspes adhara Fruhstorfer, 1911
- Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
- Choaspes estrella de Jong, 1980 Philippines
- Choaspes hemixanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Sulawesi, Halamahera, New Guinea
- Choaspes illuensis (Ribbe, 1900) New Guinea
- Choaspes plateni (Staudinger, 1888)
- Choaspes stigmata Evans, 1932
- Choaspes subcaudata (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, [1844])
Etymology edit
Presumably from Greek, CHOASPES (Χοάσπης [=Khoáspēs] masculune proper noun, from the river Karkheh or Karkhen in Khūzestān Province Andimeshk city, Iran (ancient Susiana). It is mentioned as Choaspes by Pliny.
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External links edit
Media related to Choaspes at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Choaspes (butterfly) at Wikispecies
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