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Caprona

Caprona

Caprona is an Afrotropical genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). They belong to the tribe Tagiadini of subfamily Pyrginae.

Caprona
Caprona ransonnettii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Caprona
Wallengren, 1857[1]
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms
  • Abaratha Moore, [1881]
  • Stethotrix Mabille, 1890

Species

References

  1. Caprona, funet.fi


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