Nisoniades

{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Macarius tufted skipper (Nisoniades macarius).jpg

| image_caption = Nisoniades macarius
Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil

| image2 = Purplish tufted skipper (Nisoniades rubescens).jpg

| image2_caption = Purplish tufted skipper
Nisoniades rubescens
Anton Valley, Panama

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Hesperiidae

| subfamilia = Pyrginae

| tribus = Carcharodini

| genus = Nisoniades

| genus_authority = Hübner, [1819]

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

}}

Nisoniades is a genus of tufted skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

References

  • [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]

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Category:Carcharodini

Category:Hesperiidae genera

Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner

Category:Taxa described in 1819

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