Chondrolepis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The name Chondrolepis (meaning "thick scales") derives from Greek words: chondros (meaning "thick") and lepis (meaning "scale").
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Astictopterini |
| Genus: | Chondrolepis Mabille, 1904[1] |
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Species edit
- Chondrolepis cynthia Evans, 1936
- Chondrolepis ducarmei T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
- Chondrolepis leggei (Heron, 1909)
- Chondrolepis nero Evans, 1937
- Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
- Chondrolepis obscurior de Jong, 1986
- Chondrolepis similis de Jong, 1986
- Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
- Chondrolepis uluguru T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Chondrolepis.
- ^ Chondrolepis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links edit
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 78
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