Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Species Thymelicus acteon (Lulworth skipper) - (Rottemburg, 1775) Thymelicus alaica - (Filipjev, 1931) ?Thymelicus christi (Rebel, 1894) - uncertain taxonomic status Thymelicus flavus Thymelicus hamza - (Oberthür, 1876) Thymelicus hyrax - (Lederer, 1861) Thymelicus leonina (Butler, 1878) Thymelicus lineola - (Essex skipper)-(Ochsenheimer, 1808) Thymelicus nervulata Thymelicus novus - (Reverdin, 1916) Thymelicus stigma - Staudinger, 1886 Thymelicus sylvatica - (Bremer, 1861) Thymelicus sylvestris (small skipper) - (Poda, 1761)
References and external links Hesperiidae page from FaunaItalia Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Preliminary species list. Version of 2006-DEC-31. Retrieved 2007-MAY-28. Thymelicus page from Russian-insects.com Images representing Thymelicus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Fuller distribution