# Skipperling

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{{Short description|Subfamily of butterflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Skipperlings
| image = Heteropterus.morpheus.2490.jpg
| image_caption = [Large chequered skipper](/source/Large_chequered_skipper), ''Heteropterus morpheus''
| taxon = Heteropterinae
| authority = [Aurivillius](/source/Per_Olof_Christopher_Aurivillius), 1925
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''Skipperlings''' are [butterflies](/source/butterfly) 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](/source/Apostictopterus)'' <small>Leech, 1893</small>
* ''[Argopteron](/source/Argopteron)'' <small>Watson, 1893</small>
* ''[Barca](/source/Barca_(butterfly))'' <small>de Nicéville, 1902</small>
* ''[Butleria](/source/Butleria_(butterfly))'' <small>Kirby, 1871</small>
* ''[Carterocephalus](/source/Carterocephalus)'' <small>Lederer, 1852</small>
* ''[Dalla](/source/Dalla_(skipper))'' <small>Mabille, 1904</small>
* ''[Dardarina](/source/Dardarina)'' <small>Evans, 1937</small>
* ''[Freemaniana](/source/Freemaniana)'' <small>Warren, 2001</small>
* ''[Heteropterus](/source/Large_chequered_skipper)'' <small>Duméril, 1806</small>
* ''[Hovala](/source/Hovala)'' <small>Evans, 1937</small>
* ''[Ladda](/source/Ladda)'' <small>Grishin, 2019</small>
* ''[Lepella](/source/Lepella)'' <small>Evans, 1937</small>
* ''[Leptalina](/source/Leptalina)'' <small>Mabille, 1904</small>
* ''[Metisella](/source/Metisella)'' <small>Hemming, 1934</small>
* ''[Piruna](/source/Piruna)'' <small>Evans, 1955</small>
* ''[Tsitana](/source/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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