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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 » Checkered-Skippers (Pyrgus) » Small Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3965 (Pyrgus scriptura)

Species Pyrgus scriptura - Small Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3965

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Internet References
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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 Pyrgus (Checkered-Skippers)
Species scriptura (Small Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3965)
Hodges Number
3965
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyrgus scriptura (Boisduval, 1852)
Range
w. US - Map (MPG)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Contributed by Tim Loh on 15 February, 2009 - 3:17pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Nick Block, David Ferguson
Last updated 18 February, 2020 - 3:30pm

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