Choaspes (butterfly)
Introduction '''''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.
References * Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links * Choaspes at funet* Images representing ''Choaspes'' at Encyclopedia of Life* Images representing ''Choaspes''  at  Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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