Pelopidas (skipper)

Branded swifts
	Pelopidas sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Baorini
Genus:	Pelopidas; Walker, 1870
Synonyms
	Chapra Moore, 1881;

Pelopidas is a genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as branded swifts or millet skippers. Polytremis kiraizana is sometimes placed here too. The genus was described by Francis Walker in 1870.^[1]

Notable species

Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1865) - dark branded swift
Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville, 1882) - great swift
Pelopidas conjucta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - conjoined swift
Pelopidas flava (Evans, 1926)
Pelopidas jansonis (Butler, 1878)
Pelopidas lyelli (Rothschild, 1915)
Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) - dark small-branded swift
Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)
Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878) - large branded swift
Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) - pale small-branded swift

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Savela, Markku. "Pelopidas Walker, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

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Branded swifts

Pelopidas sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Baorini
Genus:	Pelopidas Walker, 1870^[1]
Synonyms
Chapra Moore, 1881^[1]