Nyctelius nyctelius | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Nyctelius |
Species: | N. nyctelius
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Binomial name | |
Nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)
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Nyctelius nyctelius, known generally as the violet-banded skipper or nyctelius skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
The MONA or Hodges number for Nyctelius nyctelius is 4123.[4]
These two subspecies belong to the species Nyctelius nyctelius: