Nastra Explained

Nastra is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Nastra include:^[1]

• Nastra celeus (Mabille, 1891)
• Nastra chao (Mabille, 1898)
• Nastra ethologus (Hayward, 1934)
• Nastra julia (Freeman, 1945) - Julia's skipper
• Nastra leucone (Godman, 1900)
• Nastra lherminier (Latreille, [1824]) - Swarthy Skipper
• Nastra nappa (Evans, 1955)
• Nastra neamathla (Skinner and Williams, 1923) - Neamathla Skipper
• Nastra perigenes (Godman, 1900)
• Nastra subsordida (Mabille, 1891)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. Zhang . Jing . Cong . Qian . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick . 2022-03-14 . Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . Insecta Mundi . 2022 . 921 . 35370352 . 8975183 . en.