Caenides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species Caenides benga (Holland, 1891) – yellow-patch recluse Caenides dacenilla Aurivillius, 1925 – no-spot recluse Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896 – Aurivillius' recluse Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896 – yellow-spotted recluse Caenides otilia Belcastro, 1990 – Otilia's recluse Caenides sophia (Evans, 1937) Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876) – well-spotted recluse Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891) – unbranded recluse
Former species Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876) - transferred to Hypoleucis dacena (Hewitson, 1876) per Zhang et al., 2022: 41. Caenides stoehri (Karsch, 1893) - transferred to Leona stoehri (Karsch, 1893) Caenides binoevatus (Mabille, 1891) - transferred to Lennia binoevatus (Mabille, 1891) Caenides leonora (Plötz, 1879) - transferred to Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879) Caenides maracanda (Hewitson, 1876) - transferred to Leona maracanda (Hewitson, 1876)
References
External links Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80