Ochlodes

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Ochlodes is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini. Examples of Ochlodes species: *Ochlodes agricola Boisduval 1852 - USA (Oregon, California), Mexico (Baja California) *Ochlodes amurensis Mabille 1909 - Russia (Amur Oblast) *Ochlodes asahinai Shirozu - Japan *Ochlodes batesi Bell 1935 - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) *Ochlodes bouddha Mabille 1876 - China *Ochlodes brahma Moore 1878 - Northwest Himalayas *Ochlodes crataeis Leech 1893 - China *Ochlodes flavomaculata Draeseke & Reuss - China *Ochlodes formosana Matsumura 1919 - Taiwan *Ochlodes hasegawai Chiba & Tsukiyama 1996 - China *Ochlodes hyrcanna Christoph 1893 - Iran *Ochlodes klapperichii Evans 1940 - China *Ochlodes lanta Evans 1939 - China *Ochlodes linga Evans 1939 - China *Ochlodes niitakana Sonan, 1936 - Taiwan *Ochlodes ochracea Bremer 1861 - East Asia *Ochlodes parvus Kurentzov 1970 - Mongolia *Ochlodes sagitta Hemming 1934 - China *Ochlodes samenta Dyar 1914 - Mexico *Ochlodes similis Leech 1893 - China *Ochlodes siva Moore 1878 - East and Southeast Asia *Ochlodes snowi (WH Edwards 1877) - Central and western USA to Mexico *Ochlodes subhyalina Bremer & Grey 1853 - South, Southeast and East Asia *Ochlodes sylvanoides (Boisduval 1852), woodland skipper - western North America *Ochlodes sylvanus Esper 1778, large skipper - Eurasia *Ochlode…

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