Thymelicus Explained

Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Thymelicus acteon (Lulworth skipper) - (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Thymelicus alaica - (Filipjev, 1931)
• ?Thymelicus christi (Rebel, 1894) - uncertain taxonomic status
• Thymelicus flavus
• Thymelicus hamza - (Oberthür, 1876)
• Thymelicus hyrax - (Lederer, 1861)
• Thymelicus leonina (Butler, 1878)
• Thymelicus lineola - (Essex skipper)-(Ochsenheimer, 1808)
• Thymelicus nervulata
• Thymelicus novus - (Reverdin, 1916)
• Thymelicus stigma - Staudinger, 1886
• Thymelicus sylvatica - (Bremer, 1861)
• Thymelicus sylvestris (small skipper) - (Poda, 1761)

References and external links

• Hesperiidae page from FaunaItalia
• Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Preliminary species list. Version of 2006-DEC-31. Retrieved 2007-MAY-28.
• Thymelicus page from Russian-insects.com
• Images representing Thymelicus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Fuller distribution