title: Ardaris
text: # Ardaris
  
  Ardaris is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. It includes two endemic species that are restricted to mountain forests and páramos in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Ardaris eximia (Hewitson, 1871)
  * Ardaris hantra Evans, 1951
  