Telegonus alardus
| Telegonus alardus | |
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| T. a. latia in Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Telegonus |
| Species: | T. alardus
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| Telegonus alardus | |
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Telegonus alardus, the frosted flasher, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.[3] It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[2][4][5]
Subspecies
[edit]The following subspecies are recognised:
- Telegonus alardus alardus (Stoll, 1790)
- Telegonus alardus aquila Evans, 1952
- Telegonus alardus latia Evans, 1952
References
[edit]- ^ Murillo-Hiller, Luis-Ricardo; Segura-Bermúdez, Oscar-Antonio; Barquero, Juan-Diego; Bolaños, Federico (14 May 2019). "The skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) of the Reserva Ecológica Leonelo Oviedo, San José, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 67 (2). Table 1. doi:10.15517/rbt.v67i2SUPL.37236. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Astraptes alardus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
- ^ "Astraptes alardus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Astraptes alardus species Information". BugGuide.net. 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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