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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Hesperiina » Branded Skippers (Hesperia) » Lindsey's Skipper - Hodges#4032 (Hesperia lindseyi)

Species Hesperia lindseyi - Lindsey's Skipper - Hodges#4032

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)
Tribe Hesperiini
Subtribe Hesperiina
Genus Hesperia (Branded Skippers)
Species lindseyi (Lindsey's Skipper - Hodges#4032)
Hodges Number
4032
Range
See distribution map on Discover Life (Reference below)
Habitat
Grassy fields, openings in chaparral, forest, oak woodland, where foodplants grow.
Season
May to July (varies with altitude & latitude)
Print References
Emmel & Emmel (1)
Pyle (2)
Davenport, Ken. Geographic Distribution and Checklist of the Butterflies of Kern County, California. J.Lep.Soc.37(1),1983,46-69. (PDF format)
Internet References
Discover Life
Nearctica
SBNATURE
Works Cited
1.The Butterflies of Southern California
Thomas C. Emmel and John F. Emmel. 1973. Natural History Museum of Southern California.
2.The Butterflies of Cascadia: A Field Guide to All the Species of Washington, Oregon, and Surrounding Territories
Robert Michael Pyle, Idie Ulsh, David Nunnallee. 2002. Seattle Audubon Society.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 22 July, 2007 - 11:08pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, tom murray
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:18am

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