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

Representative Images

Lindsey's Skipper - Hesperia lindseyi Lindsey's Skipper - Hesperia lindseyi Lindsey's Skipper - Hesperia lindseyi Common or Lindsey's? - Hesperia lindseyi Common or Lindsey's? - Hesperia lindseyi Common or Lindsey's? - Hesperia lindseyi
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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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