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Hesperilla

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Antipodia chaostola

Hesperilla idothea, Australia

Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.^[1]

As as result of research published in 2022, the species of the genera Motasingha and Oreisplanus were transferred to Hesperilla.^[2]

The genus includes the following species:^[1]

These species were formerly in the genus Hesperilla:^[2]

Hesperilla saxula Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Halotus angellus Plötz, 1886
Hesperilla icaria Waterhouse, 1941 - synonymized with Hesperilla donnysa donnysa Hewitson, 1868
Hesperilla dilata - synonymized with Hesperilla trimaculata dilata (Waterhouse, 1932)
Hesperilla anapus - synonymized with Antipodia dactyliota (Meyrick, 1888)

^ ^a ^b "Genus Hesperilla Hewitson, 1868". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
^ ^a ^b Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.

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Antipodia chaostola

Hesperilla idothea, Australia

Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.

As as result of research published in 2022, the species of the genera Motasingha and Oreisplanus were transferred to Hesperilla.