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

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

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
89218 skipper - Decinea percosius - male - female Double-dotted Skipper - Decinea percosius Double-dotted Skipper - Decinea percosius Double-dotted Skipper - Decinea percosius Double-dotted Skipper - Decinea 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
Genus Decinea
Species percosius (Double-dotted Skipper - Hodges#4002)
Hodges Number
4002
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Decinea percosius (Godman)
Orig. Comb: Cobalus percosius Godman, 1900
Numbers
1 sp. n. of Mex. - BOA
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 Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:28am

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