Carrhenes

Carrhenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Carrhenes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Pyrgini
Genus:	Carrhenes Godman & Salvin, [1895]

Species

Recognised species in the genus Carrhenes include:

• Carrhenes chaeremon Mabille, 1891
• Carrhenes conia Evans, 1953
• Carrhenes decens (Butler, 1874)
• Carrhenes fuscescens (Mabille, 1891)

Former species

• Carrhenes callipetes Godman and Salvin, [1895] - transferred to Canesia callipetes (Godman and Salvin, [1895])
• Carrhenes canescens (R.Felder, 1869) - transferred to Canesia canescens (R.Felder, 1869)
• Carrhenes lilloi Hayward, 1947 - transferred to Canesia lilloi (Hayward, 1947)
• Carrhenes meridensis Godman and Salvin, [1895] - transferred to Canesia meridensis (Godman and Salvin, [1895])
• Carrhenes pallida Röber, 1925 - transferred to Canesia pallida (Röber, 1925)
• Carrhenes recurva Austin, 2000 - transferred to Canesia recurva (Austin, 2000)
• Carrhenes santes Bell, 1940 - transferred to Santa santes (Bell, 1940)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database