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Hesperiinae  Latreille, 1809
Taxonomic Serial No.: 694057

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Megathymidae
 
    Megathyminae J. H. Comstock and A. Comstock, 1895
  
    Aegialini D. Stallings and Turner, 1958
  
    Megathymini J. H. Comstock and A. Comstock, 1895
  
  Common Name(s): Grass-Skippers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyHesperioidea Latreille, 1809  
                                     FamilyHesperiidae Latreille, 1809 – Skippers  
                                        SubfamilyHesperiinae Latreille, 1809 – Grass-Skippers  
    Direct Children:  
                                           TribeAnthoptini A. Warren, 2009  
                                           TribeCalpodini A. Clark, 1948  
                                           TribeHesperiini Latreille, 1809  
                                           TribeMoncini A. Warren, 2008  
                                           TribeTaractrocerini Voss, 1952  
                                           TribeThymelicini Tutt, 1905  
       
                                         SubfamilyHesperiinae Latreille, 1809 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                           GenusAgathymus H. Freeman, 1959  
                                           GenusErionota Mabille, 1878  
                                           GenusMegathymus Scudder, 1872  
                                           GenusPerichares Scudder, 1872  
                                           GenusStallingsia H. Freeman, 1959  
       

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  Source: Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS, database (version 2003)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published   
  Reference for: Hesperiinae   
       
  Source: Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition, website (version 2)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)   
  Reference for: Hesperiinae, Grass-Skippers [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Hesperiinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Warren, Andrew D., Joshua R. Ogawa, and Andrew V. Z. Brower   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Entomology, vol. 34, no. 3   
  Page(s): 467-523   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0307-6970   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x   
  Reference for: Hesperiinae   
       

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