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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 » Oligoria » Double-dotted Skipper - Hodges#4002 (Oligoria percosius)

Species Oligoria percosius - Double-dotted Skipper - Hodges#4002

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
89218 skipper - Oligoria percosius - male - female Double-dotted Skipper - Oligoria percosius Double-dotted Skipper - Oligoria percosius Double-dotted Skipper - Oligoria percosius Double-dotted Skipper - Oligoria percosius
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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 Oligoria
Species percosius (Double-dotted Skipper - Hodges#4002)
Hodges Number
4002
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Decinea percosius (Godman)
Orig. Comb: Cobalus percosius Godman, 1900
Explanation of Names
Oligoria percosius (Godman, 1900)
Range
southmost TX (Starr to Cameron Co.) / Mexico to Guyana - BOA, MPG
Remarks
Texas Parks & Wildlife considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (1)
Internet References
Butterflies of America - BOA
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
NABA-South Texas
Works Cited
1.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Nick Block on 25 November, 2008 - 11:22am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 September, 2024 - 12:16pm

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