Vettius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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| V. coryna catargyra, Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Moncina |
| Genus: | Vettius Godman, 1901 |
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Species
editRecognised species in the genus Vettius include:
- Vettius phyllus Cramer, 1777[1]
- Vettius pica[1]
- Vettius triangularis (Hübner, [1831])[2]
Former species
edit- Vettius arva Evans, 1955 - transferred to Psoralis arva (Evans, 1955)
- Vettius lafrenaye (Latreille, [1824]) - synonymized with Dubiella dubius (Stoll, 1781)
- Vettius fuldai Bell, 1930 - transferred to Phlebodes fuldai (Bell, 1930)
- Vettius yalta Evans, 1955 - synonymized with Phlebodes fuldai (Bell, 1930)
References
edit- ^ a b Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
- ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. PMID 35370352.
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