Orthos is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Carystina |
| Genus: | Orthos Evans, 1955 |
Species
editRecognised species in the genus Orthos include:
- Orthos orthos (Godman, [1900])[1]
Former species
edit- Orthos gabina (Godman, 1900) - transferred to Neoxeniades gabina (Godman, 1900)
- Orthos lycortas (Godman, 1900) - transferred to Corta lycortas (Godman, 1900)
- Orthos trinka Evans, 1955 - transferred to Oxynthes trinka (Evans, 1955)
References
edit- ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.