Fast-flight

Guides

• Eudaminae

  Dicot Skippers

  Eudaminae is a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) comprising approximately 350 species. The group is predominantly Neotropical in distribution, with some species extending into temperate North America and one genus, Lobocla, occurring in East Asia. Recent molecular phylogenetic studies have elevated this group from tribal status within Pyrginae to subfamily rank, dividing it into four tribes: Entheini, Phocidini, Eudamini, and Oileidini. Members are commonly known as "flashers" due to their rapid flight patterns.

  Neotropicalskipper-butterfliesFabaceae-feedersfast-flighthindwing-tailssexual-dimorphismDNA-barcodingtaxonomic-revisionlarval-shelterschemical-defensemechanical-defense

• Hybomitra sodalis

  White-arrowed Horse Fly

  Hybomitra sodalis is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae, commonly known as the White-arrowed Horse Fly. It belongs to a genus of large, fast-flying tabanid flies. The species was described by Williston in 1887. Like other horse flies, females are blood-feeders while males feed on nectar and pollen. The genus Hybomitra includes some of the fastest flying insects known.

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