Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
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| Male small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Thymelicina |
| Genus: | Thymelicus Hubner, 1819 |
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Species
edit- 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
edit- 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
Thymelicus Fuller distribution
Media related to Thymelicus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Thymelicus at Wikispecies
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