Gmelin's banded skipper | |
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In Colombia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Autochton |
Species: | A. bipunctatus
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Binomial name | |
Autochton bipunctatus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Autochton bipunctatus, also known by the vernacular names Gmelin's banded skipper,[2][3] two-spotted banded skipper,[3] and twin-spot banded skipper,[4] is a butterfly species in the family Hesperiidae.[5]
It was first described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin as Papilio bipunctatus in the Gmelin 13th edition of Systema Naturae.[1][5]
A. bipunctatus occurs in the Americas, where its distribution ranges from Mexico south to Bolivia and Brazil.[3][2] Its habitat consists of forest edges at an altitude of up to 1000 m above sea level.[4]