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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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The MONA or Hodges number for Nyctelius nyctelius is 4123.[4]
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Nyctelius nyctelius:
- Nyctelius nyctelius agari Dillon, 1948
- Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)
References
edit- ^ "Nyctelius nyctelius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Nyctelius nyctelius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Nyctelius nyctelius species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Nyctelius nyctelius". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
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