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FAMILY HESPERIIDAE (SKIPPERS) ~ SUBFAMILY COELIADINAE (AWLS)

Subfamily Coeliadinae

Bibasi harisa consobrina

Hasora quadripunctata gnaeus Hasora quadripunctata gnaeus Hasora sp. (myra funebris?)
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NOTE: Skippers are usually small to medium size and drab or cryptic coloured, with some exceptions, compared to the true butterflies, and are often mistaken for moths. Their antennae are tapered and bent (sometimes described as hooked) unlike the club-shaped antennae of the true butterflies. They are fast flyers and difficult to see in flight. Family Hesperiidae is divided into Coeliadinae (Awls), Pyrginae (Flats) and Hesperiinae (Swifts), the largest of the three subfamilies.
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Papilionidae Subfamily Papilioninae ~ Tribes Troidini, Papilionini, Leptocircini | Pieridae Subfamilies Pierinae, Coliadinae | Nymphalidae Subfamily Danainae ~ Tribes Danaini, Euploeini; Subfamily Satyrinae; Subfamily Morphinae ~ Tribe Amathusiini; Subfamily Acraeinae; Subfamily Nymphalinae ~ Tribes Biblidini, Heliconiini, Nymphalini, Cyrestini, Limenitidini, Pseudergolini, Apaturini; Subfamily Charaxinae ~ Tribe Charaxini | Lycaenidae Subfamilies Riodininae, Poritiinae ~ Tribe Poritiini, Miletinae ~ Tribe Miletini, Curetinae, Lycaeninae ~ Tribes Polyommatini, Lycaenini, Aphnaeini, Theclini | Hesperiidae Subfamilies Coeliadinae, Pyrginae, Hesperiinae (based on Corbet & Pendlebury, 4th edition).