Gesta gesta - False Duskywing - Gesta invisus

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Moved from Skippers... but I notice that Gesta gesta is listed as a valid, separate species by both All-Leps and Butterflies of America. Are you sure Gesta invisus is correct?

… Charley Eiseman, 13 September, 2009 - 3:59pm

Gesta invisus

I got this binomen from the book "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada" by Jonathan P. Pelham.
This book states in the Appendix 1: Gesta gesta - This extralimital taxon was previously considered conspecific with Gesta invisus.

According to your Butterflies of America link - Gesta gesta occurs in the Greater Antilles, Costa Rica to Argentina.

Thank you for creating the guide page sir.

… William Edwards, 13 September, 2009 - 4:51pm

Thanks

Should have looked more closely at that link.

… Charley Eiseman, 13 September, 2009 - 4:56pm

Gesta invisus

See http://bit.ly/JfE0c

In most field guides the binomen is Gesta gesta (False Duskywing).

… William Edwards, 10 August, 2009 - 10:15pm

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Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 25 July, 2009 - 12:17pm