Creonpyge

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Creonpyge
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Creonpyge creon depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Creonpyge
Mielke, 2002[1]
Type species
Pyrrhopyga [sic] creon
H. Druce, 1874
Species
  • C. creon (Druce, 1874)
  • C. c. creon (Druce, 1874)
  • C. c. liliana (Nicolay & Small, 1969)
  • C. c. taylori (Nicolay & Small, 1981)

Creonpyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species Creonpyge creon found in Costa Rica and Colombia.

References[]

  1. ^ Mielke, Olaf H. H. (2002). "Pyrrhopyginae: gêneros novos e revalidados (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (1): 224–225. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000100020.


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