Tagiadini

The Tagiadini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe are found in mostly tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.[1]

Tagiadini
Daimio tethys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Tagiadini Mabille, 1878
Diversity
27 genera

Genera

Altogether, the tribe contains 27 genera. Some of these seem to form a close-knit group around the tribe's type genus Tagiades. These genera are often collectively called "Tagiades group" and may form a clade:[1]

"Tagiades group"

• Abantis – paradise skippers
• Caprona – ragged skippers
• Ctenoptilum
• Leucochitonea
• Netrobalane – buff-tipped skipper
• Odontoptilum
• Semperium
• Tagiades – water flats, snow flats

Other genera

Abraximorpha Calleagris – scarce flats Capila (formerly often in Celaenorrhini) Chaetocneme Chamunda Coladenia Daimio Darpa Eagris – "flats" Exometoeca

Gerosis Mooreana Netrocoryne Odina Pintara Procampta – rare elf Satarupa Seseria Tapena

Footnotes

1. Brower (2007)

References

• Brower, Andrew V.Z (2007): Tree of Life Web Project – Tagiadini. Version of 2007-DEC-12. Retrieved 2009-DEC-24.