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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae) » Pyrgini » White-Skippers (Heliopetes) » Alana White-Skipper - Hodges#3974.1 (Heliopetes alana)

Species Heliopetes alana - Alana White-Skipper - Hodges#3974.1

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Alana White Skipper - Heliopetes alana UnknownButterfly84 - Heliopetes alana
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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 Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers)
Tribe Pyrgini
Genus Heliopetes (White-Skippers)
Species alana (Alana White-Skipper - Hodges#3974.1)
Hodges Number
3974.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: janice
Explanation of Names
Heliopetes alana (Reakirt, 1868)
Range
southmost TX (as a stray) to Argentina - Map (MPG)
See Also
Heliopetes elonmuski Grishin, 2023 SpaceX White-Skipper - southmost TX (Boca Chica, Cameron Co.) to Costa Rica
Print References
Zhang, Jing, Qian Cong, and Nikolay Vyacheslav Grishin. 2023. Thirteen new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Texas. Insecta Mundi 921: 1-58, 58 figs. (1)
Internet References
Butterflies of America - BOA
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Works Cited
1.Thirteen new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Texas.
Zhang, J., Q. Cong, and N.V. Grishin. 2023. Insecta Mundi 921: 1-58, 58 figs.
Contributed by Cliff Ivy on 22 November, 2017 - 8:24pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 January, 2024 - 2:01pm

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