title: Niconiades
text: # Niconiades
  
  Niconiades is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
  
  ## Species
  
  Recognised species in the genus Niconiades include:
  
  * Niconiades comitana Freeman, 1969
  * Niconiades cydia (Hewitson, 1876)
  * Niconiades derisor (Mabille, 1891)
  * Niconiades merenda (Mabille, 1878)
  * Niconiades peri (Evans, 1955)
  * Niconiades viridis (Bell, 1930)
  * Niconiades xanthaphes Hübner, [1821]
  