Loxolexis
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| Family: | Hesperiidae
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| Subfamily: | Pyrginae
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| Genus: | Loxolexis |
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Loxolexis is an Afrotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species[]
- Loxolexis dimidia (Holland, 1896)
- Loxolexis drucei (Larsen, 2002)
- Loxolexis hollandi (Druce, 1909)
- Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)
Taxonomy[]
Loxolexis was treated as a synonym of Katreus by Ackery et al. in 1995 but re-instated as a valid genus by Larsen in 2005.[2]
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Categories:
- Celaenorrhini
- Hesperiidae genera
- Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
- Pyrginae stubs