Decinea

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Decinea

Double-dotted skipper (D. percosius)
Lucifer skipper (D. lucifer) female
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Tribe:  | Hesperiini
Genus:  | Decinea
Evans, 1955 [1]

Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

## Species

Recognised species in the genus Decinea include:[2]

* Decinea antus (Mabille, 1895)[2]
* Decinea colombiana Grishin, 2022)[2]
* Decinea dama (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Decinea denta Evans, 1955[2]
* Decinea decinea (Hewitson, 1876)
* Decinea huasteca (Freeman, 1969)[2]
* Decinea lucifer (Hübner, [1831])
* Decinea mammaea (Hewitson, 1876)
* Decinea milesi (Weeks, 1901)
* Decinea mustea Freeman, 1979
* Decinea neroides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Decinea percosius (Godman, [1900])
* Decinea rindgei Freeman, 1969
* Decinea zapota Evans, 1955

## References

1. ↑ Evans, 1955 A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 499pp, pls. 54-88
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)" (in en). Insecta Mundi. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/130468.

* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
* Decinea at funet

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