Chaetocneme Explained

Chaetocneme is genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

The genus was established in 1860 with "Chaetocneme corvus"  - then newly described as it was believed  - as the type species. However, the same species was already described by Pieter Cramer in 1775 under the name "Papilio helirius". Thus, the type species is nowadays called Chaetocneme helirius.

Selected species

• Chaetocneme beata^[1]
• Chaetocneme denitza^[2]
• Chaetocneme helirius
• Chaetocneme richardsi ^[3]

Notes and References

1. Baar . Murdoch De . Butterflies from an area between the Bunya Mountains and Archookoora State Forest, Queensland . Australian Entomological Magazine . April 1977 . 3 . 6 . 115–119 .
2. Lane . D. A. . New food plant records for Chaetocneme denitza (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) . The Australian Entomologist . August 1993 . 20 . 2 . 73–74 .
3. Müller . Chris J. . A new species of Chaetocneme Felder, 1860 from Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) . Tropical Lepidoptera Research . 1 June 2016 . en . 2575-9256.