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, ) Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, )
Etymology Presumably from Greek , masculine 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