Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.
As a result of research published in 2022, the species of the genera Motasingha and Oreisplanus were transferred to Hesperilla.
Species The genus includes the following species:
Hesperilla chrysotricha Meyrick & Lower, 1902 Hesperilla crypsargyra Meyrick, 1888 Hesperilla crypsigramma (Meyrick & Lower, 1902) Hesperilla dirphia Hewitson, 1868 Hesperilla donnysa Hewitson, 1868 Hesperilla flavescens Waterhouse, 1927 Hesperilla furva Sands & Kerr, 1973 Hesperilla hopsoni Waterhouse, 1927 Hesperilla idothea Miskin, 1889 Hesperilla malindeva Lower, 1911 Hesperilla mastersi Waterhouse, 1900 Hesperilla munionga Olliff, 1890 Hesperilla ornata Leach, 1814 Hesperilla perornata Kirby, 1893 Hesperilla picta Leach, 1814 Hesperilla sarnia Atkins, 1978 Hesperilla sexguttata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Hesperilla trimaculata Tepper, 1882
Former Species These species were formerly in the genus Hesperilla: Hesperilla saxula Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Halotus angellus Plötz, 1886 Hesperilla icaria Waterhouse, 1941 - synonymized with Hesperilla donnysa donnysa Hewitson, 1868 Hesperilla dilata - synonymized with Hesperilla trimaculata dilata (Waterhouse, 1932) Hesperilla anapus - synonymized with Antipodia dactyliota (Meyrick, 1888)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Hesperilla at funet