Subtribe
Hesperiina
Hylephila phyleus. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal brand of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females.
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