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Thymelicus
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Thymelicus

Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. It is the only member of the tribe Thymelini, but many skipper butterflies are yet to be assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Essex Skipper

speciesThymelicus lineola

Small Skipper

speciesThymelicus sylvestris

Lulworth Skipper

speciesThymelicus acteon

Thymelicus sylvaticus

speciesThymelicus sylvaticus

Canary Skipper

speciesThymelicus christi

Thymelicus leoninus

speciesThymelicus leoninus

Levantine Skipper

speciesThymelicus hyrax

Thymelicus novus

speciesThymelicus novus

Moroccan small skipper

speciesThymelicus hamza

Thymelicus alaica

speciesThymelicus alaica

Thymelicus stigma

speciesThymelicus stigma

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58493.