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Welcome to Subfamily Hesperiinae!

Hesperiinae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Papilionoidea > Family Hesperiidae > Subfamily Hesperiinae

(From Wikipedia) Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae.

FACT: Grass skippers are uniquely known for the "jet-plane" resting position of their wings, with the fore and hindwings set at different angles!

Currently discovered: 1/12 Tribes, 0/3 Genera

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  1. Hesperiini