Pseudocroniades

For other species with this common name, see Yellow-banded skipper (disambiguation).
Pseudocroniades
Pseudocroniades and related genera in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pseudocroniades
Mielke, 1995
Species: P. machaon
Binomial name
Pseudocroniades machaon
(Westwood, 1852)

Pseudocroniades is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic. The single species Pseudocroniades machaon, the yellow-banded skipper, is found only in Brazil.[1]

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