Pelopidas (skipper)
# Pelopidas (skipper)

Pelopidas is a genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as branded swifts or millet skippers. Polytremis kiraizana is sometimes placed here too. The genus was described by Francis Walker in 1870.

## Notable species

* Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1865) - dark branded swift
* Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville, 1882) - great swift
* Pelopidas conjucta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - conjoined swift
* Pelopidas flava (Evans, 1926)
* Pelopidas jansonis (Butler, 1878)
* Pelopidas lyelli (Rothschild, 1915)
* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) - dark small-branded swift
* Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)
* Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878) - large branded swift
* Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) - pale small-branded swift
