title: Skipperling
text: # Skipperling
  
  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 Leech, 1893
  * Argopteron Watson, 1893
  * Barca de Nicéville, 1902
  * Butleria Kirby, 1871
  * Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852
  * Dalla Mabille, 1904
  * Dardarina Evans, 1937
  * Freemaniana Warren, 2001
  * Heteropterus Duméril, 1806
  * Hovala Evans, 1937
  * Ladda Grishin, 2019
  * Lepella Evans, 1937
  * Leptalina Mabille, 1904
  * Metisella Hemming, 1934
  * Piruna Evans, 1955
  * Tsitana Evans, 1937
  