| Hesperia attalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperia |
| Species: | H. attalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hesperia attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871)
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Hesperia attalus, the dotted skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers).[2][3][4] It was described by William Henry Edwards in 1871 and is found in North America.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]The following subspecies are recognised:[5]
- Hesperia attalus attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871)
- Hesperia attalus nigrescens Gatrelle, 1999 – dark dotted skipper
- Hesperia attalus slossonae (Skinner, 1871) – Slosson's dotted skipper
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Hesperia attalus Dotted Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Hesperia attalus Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ a b "Hesperia attalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Hesperia attalus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Hesperia". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
Further reading
[edit]- Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, xxiv + 284.
- Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Second Edition, xiv + 540.
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
External links
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