Niconiades Explained

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

Species

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

• Niconiades comitana Freeman, 1969
• Niconiades cydia (Hewitson, 1876)
• Niconiades derisor (Mabille, 1891)
• Niconiades merenda (Mabille, 1878)
• Niconiades peri (Evans, 1955)
• Niconiades viridis (Bell, 1930)
• Niconiades xanthaphes Hübner, [1821]

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 . 35370352 . en.