title: Diaeus (butterfly)
text: # Diaeus (butterfly)
  
  Diaeus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1895.
  
  ## Species
  
  The following species are recognised in the genus Diaeus:
  
  * Diaeus ambata Evans, 1953 - Ecuador
  * Diaeus lacaena (Hewitson, 1869) - Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil
  * Diaeus variegata (Plötz, 1884) - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Bolivia
  * Diaeus varna Evans, 1953 - Mexico
  