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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Dicot Skippers (Eudaminae) » Phocides » Urania Skipper - Hodges#3867 (Phocides urania)

Species Phocides urania - Urania Skipper - Hodges#3867

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Phocides urania (Westwood) - Phocides urania
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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 Eudaminae (Dicot Skippers)
Genus Phocides
Species urania (Urania Skipper - Hodges#3867)
Hodges Number
3867
Other Common Names
Teal Beamer - NABA
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phocides urania (Westwood, 1852)
Syn: Erycides texana Scudder, 1872
Range
s TX (historical record)(1) to C. Amer. (BOA)
Habitat
usually in montane forest (BOA)
Remarks
Type spmn coll'ed by Captain John Pope while conducting the Texas-Mexico Boundary Survey in the early 1850's.(1) Pope's specimen is in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. No U.S. records have been reported since them.
Print References
Scudder, S.H. 1872. A systematic revision of some of the American butterflies, with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Massachusetts. Annual Report. Peabody Academy of Science 4: 24-83. (1)
Internet References
Butterflies of America - BOA
Works Cited
1.A systematic revision of some of the American butterflies, with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex Co., Massachusetts.
Scudder, S.H. 1872. Peabody Academy of Science 4: 24-83.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 December, 2017 - 2:22pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 21 May, 2021 - 5:19am

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