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Choaspes
	Choaspes subcaudata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Coeliadinae
Genus:	Choaspes; Moore, [1881]

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Choaspes is an Indomalayan realm and Australasian realm genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are the only skippers with strongly hairy eyes.

Species

Choaspes adhara Fruhstorfer, 1911
Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Choaspes estrella de Jong, 1980 Philippines
Choaspes hemixanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Sulawesi, Halamahera, New Guinea
Choaspes illuensis (Ribbe, 1900) New Guinea
Choaspes plateni (Staudinger, 1888)
Choaspes stigmata Evans, 1932
Choaspes subcaudata (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, [1844])

Etymology

Presumably from Greek choaspes (Χοάσπης [=Khoáspēs]), masculune proper noun, from the river Karkheh or Karkhen in Khūzestān Province Andimeshk city, Iran (ancient Susiana). It is mentioned as Choaspes by Pliny.^{[citation needed]}

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

Media related to Choaspes at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Choaspes (butterfly) at Wikispecies
Choaspes at funet
Images representing Choaspes at Encyclopedia of Life
Images representing Choaspes at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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+{{One source|date=May 2024}}
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+| name = ''Choaspes''
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-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| image_caption = ''[[Choaspes subcaudata]]''
-| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
-| classis = [[Insect]]a
+| taxon = Choaspes
+| authority = [[Frederic Moore|Moore]], [1881]
-| ordo =
-| familia = [[Hesperiidae]]
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-| genus = '''''Choaspes (skipper)'''''
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-'''''Choaspes (skipper)''''' is a genus of [[skipper (butterfly)|skippers]] in the family [[Hesperiidae]].
+'''''Choaspes''''' is an [[Indomalayan realm]] and [[Australasian realm]] genus of [[skipper (butterfly)|skippers]] in the family [[Hesperiidae]]. They are the only skippers with strongly hairy eyes.
+==Species==
+*''[[Choaspes adhara]]'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1911</small>
+*''[[Choaspes benjaminii]]'' <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1843)</small>
+*''[[Choaspes estrella]]'' <small>de Jong, 1980</small> Philippines
+*''[[Choaspes hemixanthus]]'' <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> Sulawesi, Halamahera, New Guinea
+*''[[Choaspes illuensis]]'' <small>(Ribbe, 1900)</small> New Guinea
+*''[[Choaspes plateni]]'' <small>(Staudinger, 1888)</small>
+*''[[Choaspes stigmata]]'' <small>Evans, 1932</small>
+*''[[Choaspes subcaudata]]'' <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1867])</small>
+*''[[Choaspes xanthopogon]]'' <small>(Kollar, [1844])</small>
+==Etymology==
+Presumably from Greek {{Lang|grk|2=choaspes (Χοάσπης [=Khoáspēs])}}, masculune proper noun, from the river [[Karkheh River|Karkheh]] or Karkhen in Khūzestān Province [[Andimeshk|Andimeshk city]], Iran (ancient [[Susa|Susiana]]). It is mentioned as Choaspes by Pliny.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 ==References==
 *[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
+==External links==
+* {{Commons category-inline}}
+* {{Wikispecies-inline}}
+* [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/choaspes/index.html Choaspes at funet]
+* [http://eol.org/pages/20275/media Images representing ''Choaspes''] at [[Encyclopedia of Life]]
+* [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=26289 Images representing ''Choaspes'']  at  [[Consortium for the Barcode of Life]]
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q5103432}}
-[[Category:Hesperiidae]]
+[[Category:Coeliadinae]]
+[[Category:Butterflies of Indochina]]
+[[Category:Hesperiidae genera]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Frederic Moore]]
+[[Category:Taxa described in 1881]]