Chaetocneme
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| Chaetocneme denitza | |
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| Family: | Hesperiidae
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| Subfamily: | Pyrginae
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| Genus: | Chaetocneme Felder, 1860
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Felder, 1860
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Chaetocneme is genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). It belongs to the tribe Tagiadini of subfamily Pyrginae.
The genus was established in 1860 with "Chaetocneme corvus" – then newly described as it was believed – as the type species. However, the same species was already described by Pieter Cramer in 1775 under the name "Papilio helirius". Thus, the type species is nowadays called .
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