Fire-tip
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Pyrrhopygini
Firetips, Firetail skippers
Pyrrhopygini is a tribe of skipper butterflies comprising approximately 150 species, commonly known as firetips or firetail skippers. The tribe is distinguished by the red or orange abdominal tip present in many species. Members are exclusively Neotropical in distribution, with a single species extending marginally into the southern United States. They belong to the family Hesperiidae and subfamily Pyrrhopyginae.