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.

- 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