{{Short description|Subfamily of butterflies}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Skipperlings | image = Heteropterus.morpheus.2490.jpg | image_caption = Large chequered skipper, ''Heteropterus morpheus'' | taxon = Heteropterinae | authority = Aurivillius, 1925 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text }}
'''Skipperlings''' are butterflies in the subfamily '''Heteropterinae'''. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
==Genera== The subfamily includes the following genera:
* ''Apostictopterus'' <small>Leech, 1893</small> * ''Argopteron'' <small>Watson, 1893</small> * ''Barca'' <small>de Nicéville, 1902</small> * ''Butleria'' <small>Kirby, 1871</small> * ''Carterocephalus'' <small>Lederer, 1852</small> * ''Dalla'' <small>Mabille, 1904</small> * ''Dardarina'' <small>Evans, 1937</small> * ''Freemaniana'' <small>Warren, 2001</small> * ''Heteropterus'' <small>Duméril, 1806</small> * ''Hovala'' <small>Evans, 1937</small> * ''Ladda'' <small>Grishin, 2019</small> * ''Lepella'' <small>Evans, 1937</small> * ''Leptalina'' <small>Mabille, 1904</small> * ''Metisella'' <small>Hemming, 1934</small> * ''Piruna'' <small>Evans, 1955</small> * ''Tsitana'' <small>Evans, 1937</small>
==External links== * [http://tolweb.org/Heteropterinae TOL]
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Category:Skippers (butterflies) Category:Skipperlings Category:Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius Category:Taxa described in 1925
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