Skipperling
| Skipperlings | |
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| Large chequered skipper, Heteropterus morpheus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: |
Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 |
| Genera | |
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Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
The subfamily includes the following genera:
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