Quadrus cerialis

Quadrus cerialis
	Male, dorsal
	Male, ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Quadrus
Species:	Q. cerialis
Binomial name
	Quadrus cerialis; (Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
	Papilio cerialis Stoll, [1782]; Pythonides cerialis; Hesperia orcus Fabricius, 1793; Pythonides cerberus Hübner, [1819]; Pythonides cerialis f. majorinus Draudt, 1922;

Quadrus cerialis, the common blue-skipper or peppered blue skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Panama to Bolivia.^[2] The habitat consists of rainforests, cloud forests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,400 metres.

References

^ Quadrus at funet.fi
^ Quadrus cerialis at Butterflies of the Andes

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[1] Quadrus at funet.fi

[2] Quadrus cerialis at Butterflies of the Andes

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