Zestusa

Zestusa
Zestusa figures 3-9
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Loboclina
Genus:	Zestusa Lindsey, 1925
Synonyms
Plestia Mabille, 1888

Zestusa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Eudaminae. Species of the genus occur in Mexico and the western United States.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Zestusa:

• Zestusa dorus (W. H. Edwards, 1882)
• Zestusa elwesi (Godman & Salvin, 1893)
• Zestusa staudingeri (Mabille, 1888)
• Zestusa levona Steinhauser, 1972

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• Funet Taxonomy, distribution

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