Decinea

Decinea
Double-dotted skipper (D. percosius)
Lucifer skipper (D. lucifer) female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Decinea Evans, 1955 [1]

Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Decinea include:[2]

• Decinea antus (Mabille, 1895)[2]
• Decinea colombiana Grishin, 2022)[2]
• Decinea dama (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Decinea denta Evans, 1955[2]
• Decinea decinea (Hewitson, 1876)
• Decinea huasteca (Freeman, 1969)[2]
• Decinea lucifer (Hübner, [1831])
• Decinea mammaea (Hewitson, 1876)
• Decinea milesi (Weeks, 1901)
• Decinea mustea Freeman, 1979
• Decinea neroides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Decinea percosius (Godman, [1900])
• Decinea rindgei Freeman, 1969
• Decinea zapota Evans, 1955

References

1. Evans, 1955 A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 499pp, pls. 54-88
2. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352. Archived from the original on 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2023-01-13.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Decinea at funet