Caenides

Caenides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Caenides benga <small>(Holland, 1891)</small> – yellow-patch recluse
• Caenides dacenilla <small>Aurivillius, 1925</small> – no-spot recluse
• Caenides hidaroides <small>Aurivillius, 1896</small> – Aurivillius' recluse
• Caenides kangvensis <small>Holland, 1896</small> – yellow-spotted recluse
• Caenides otilia <small>Belcastro, 1990</small> – Otilia's recluse
• Caenides sophia <small>(Evans, 1937) </small>
• Caenides soritia <small>(Hewitson, 1876)</small> – well-spotted recluse
• Caenides xychus <small>(Mabille, 1891)</small> – unbranded recluse

Former species

• Caenides dacena <small>(Hewitson, 1876)</small> - transferred to Hypoleucis dacena <small>(Hewitson, 1876)</small> per Zhang et al., 2022: 41.
• Caenides stoehri <small>(Karsch, 1893)</small> - transferred to Leona stoehri <small>(Karsch, 1893)</small>
• Caenides binoevatus <small>(Mabille, 1891)</small> - transferred to Lennia binoevatus <small>(Mabille, 1891) </small>
• Caenides leonora <small>(Plötz, 1879)</small> - transferred to Leona leonora <small>(Plötz, 1879)</small>
• Caenides maracanda <small>(Hewitson, 1876)</small> - transferred to Leona maracanda <small>(Hewitson, 1876)</small>

References

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80