Caenides Explained

Caenides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Caenides benga (Holland, 1891) – yellow-patch recluse
• Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876) – common recluse
• Caenides dacenilla Aurivillius, 1925 – no-spot recluse
• Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896 – Aurivillius' recluse
• Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896 – yellow-spotted recluse
• Caenides otilia Belcastro, 1990 – Otilia's recluse
• Caenides sophia (Evans, 1937)
• Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876) – well-spotted recluse
• Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891) – unbranded recluse

Former species

• Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876) - transferred to Hypoleucis dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
• Caenides stoehri(Karsch, 1893) - transferred to Leona stoehri(Karsch, 1893)
• Caenides binoevatus (Mabille, 1891) - transferred to Lennia binoevatus (Mabille, 1891)
• Caenides leonora (Plötz, 1879) - transferred to Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
• Caenides maracanda (Hewitson, 1876) - transferred to Leona maracanda (Hewitson, 1876)

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80