Nyctus

Nyctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Carystina
Genus: Nyctus
Mabille, 1891
Nyctus hiarbas (F)
Nyctus hiarbas (F)

Nyctus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Nyctus:

  • Nyctus crinitus Mabille, 1891[1]
  • Nyctus hiarbas (Cramer, 1775) [2]


References

  1. โ†‘ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1โ€“56.
  2. โ†‘ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. PMID 35370352.