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Hesperiidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Genera Crust. Ins.</i>, <b>4</b>: 187, 207

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Hesperiidae

Name

Synonyms
Megathymidae
Homonyms
Hesperiidae
Common names
Bredpander in Danish
Skippers in English
dikkopjes, schoenlappers, parelmoervlinders en zandoogjes in Dutch
skipper in English
Indet. Skipper in English
Skippers in English
Smygere in Norwegian Bokmål
bredpander in Danish
paksupäät in Finnish
smygarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
smygere in Norwegian Bokmål
tjockhuvuden in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eliasson, Ryrholm, Holmer, Jilg & Gärdenfors (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Fjärilar: Dagfjärilar. Hesperiidae-Nymphalidae
  4. Elmquist, H., Liljeberg, G., Top-Jensen, M. & Fibiger, M. (2013-10-09 00:00:00) Sveriges fjärilar - En fälthandbok över Sveriges samtliga dag- och nattfjärilar. Østermarie 2011. 749 pp.
  5. Fauna Europaea (2014-02-18 00:00:00) Fauna Europaea, v. 2.6.2: http://www.faunaeur.org/
  6. Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2011-02-09 00:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer).
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1240 Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 (Insecta, Lepidoptera) added to Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 40, 27-28 (1983)
  8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  9. Pelham, Jonathan P., 2008: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40. xiv + 658.
  10. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  11. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  12. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  13. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
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