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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 » New World Checkered-Skippers (Burnsius) » Desert Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3969 (Burnsius philetas)

Species Burnsius philetas - Desert Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3969

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks
Checkered Skipper - Burnsius philetas Desert checkered-skipper - Burnsius philetas Desert Checkered-skipper - Burnsius philetas - male Butterfly - Burnsius philetas Desert Checkered Skipper - Burnsius philetas Desert Checkered-Skipper - Burnsius philetas Desert Checkered-Skipper - Burnsius philetas Pyrgus philetas? - Burnsius philetas - male
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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 Burnsius (New World Checkered-Skippers)
Species philetas (Desert Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3969)
Hodges Number
3969
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881); synonyms:
Pyrgus philetas
Remarks
Discussion of taxonomy changes to Pyrgini on BugGuide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2192845
Contributed by tom murray on 10 August, 2009 - 9:36pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Steve Nanz, Nick Block, David Ferguson
Last updated 6 November, 2022 - 10:15am

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