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| Zera hyacinthinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Genus: | Zera Evans, 1953 |
Zera is a genus of skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about eight described species in Zera, found in Central and South America.
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Zera:
- Zera belti (Godman & Salvin, 1894)
- Zera eboneus (Bell, 1947)
- Zera hosta
- Zera hyacinthinus (Mabille, 1877)
- Zera nolckeni (Mabille, 1891)
- Zera phila (Godman & Salvin, 1894)
- Zera tetrastigma (Sepp, 1848)
- Zera zera (Butler, 1870)
References
- "GBIF, Zera". Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- "Catalogue of Life, Zera Evans, 1953". Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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