Ancyloxypha

Ancyloxypha
Ancyloxypha numitor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Subtribe:	Apaustina
Genus:	Ancyloxypha C. Felder, 1862
Species
See text
Synonyms
List Ancyloxipha Hewitson, 1868 Ancyloxyphia Maynard, 1891 Ancyloxpha Skinner, 1898) Anchyloxypha Woodworth, 1912 Anciloxipha Giacomelli, 1923 Anoylexypha S. Moore, 1937 Ancyloxypa Mielke, 1980

Ancyloxypha is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.

List of species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

• Ancyloxypha arene (Edwards, 1871) – tropical least skipper
• Ancyloxypha aurea (Hayward, 1940)
• Ancyloxypha dryas (Hayward, 1942)
• Ancyloxypha melanoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
• Ancyloxypha nitedula (Burmeister, 1878)
• Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius, 1793) – least skipper or least skipperling
• Ancyloxypha ramba (Evans, 1955)

References

1. Ancyloxypha, funet.fi
2. Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4