Chondrolepis

Chondrolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Astictopterini
Genus:	Chondrolepis Mabille, 1904
Synonyms
Chioneigia Heron, 1909

Chondrolepis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The name Chondrolepis (meaning "thick scales") derives from Greek words: chondros (meaning "thick") and lepis (meaning "scale").

Species

• Chondrolepis cynthia Evans, 1936
• Chondrolepis ducarmei T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
• Chondrolepis leggei (Heron, 1909)
• Chondrolepis nero Evans, 1937
• Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
• Chondrolepis obscurior de Jong, 1986
• Chondrolepis similis de Jong, 1986
• Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
• Chondrolepis uluguru T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012

References

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External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 78

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