Adopaeoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Apaustina
Genus: Adopaeoides
Godman, 1900

Adopaeoides is a genus of butterflies in the grass skipper subfamily Hesperiinae. It is found in Mexico and the south-western United States.

Species include:

  • Adopaeoides bistriata Godman, 1900 (Mexico)
  • Adopaeoides prittwitzi (Plötz, 1884) sunrise skipper (Mexico, south-western USA)


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