Creteus

Creteus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Creteus cyrina, which is found in Asia, including India, Thailand and Brunei.

Creteus
Creteus cyrina as Parnara parca deniceville fig.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Creteus
de Nicéville, 1895
Species:
C. cyrina
Binomial name
Creteus cyrina
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • Cyrina Hemming, 1939

(Species)

  • Hesperia cyrina Hewitson, 1876
  • Cyrina cyrina

References
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  1. Creteus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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