Hesperia_attalus

<i>Hesperia attalus</i>

Hesperia attalus

Species of butterfly

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]

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Subspecies

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

  1. [1]
    "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Hesperia attalus Dotted Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Hesperia attalus Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. [3]
    "Hesperia attalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. [4]
    "Hesperia attalus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. [5]
    "Hesperia". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

Further reading

  • 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.


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