Orthos (skipper) explained

Orthos is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Orthos include:

• Orthos orthos (Godman, [1900])^[1]

Former species

• Orthos gabina (Godman, 1900) - transferred to Neoxeniades gabina (Godman, 1900)
• Orthos lycortas (Godman, 1900) - transferred to Corta lycortas (Godman, 1900)
• Orthos trinka Evans, 1955 - transferred to Oxynthes trinka (Evans, 1955)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. Cong . Qian . Zhang . Jing . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick . 2019 . Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . . 0731 . 1–56.