Aides (skipper) explained

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

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Aides:

• Aides aegita (Hewitson, 1866) aegita silverpatch – Panama to Bolivia and Brazil
• Aides aestria (Hewitson, 1866) type locality Brazil
• Aides brilla (H. Freeman, 1970) brilliant silverpatch – southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
• Aides brino (Stoll, 1781) brino silverpatch – Honduras, Colombia to Guianas and north Brazil
• Aides duma
  • Aides duma duma Evans, 1955 type locality Argentina
  • Aides duma argyrina Cowan, 1970 Panama to south Brazil
• Aides dysoni Godman, 1900 Dyson's silverpatch – east Mexico to Colombia
• Aides ocrinus (Plötz, 1882) ocrinus silverpatch – Panama, Colombia, French Guiana

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database