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

Desert checkered-skipper - Burnsius philetas

Desert Checkered-skipper - Burnsius philetas - male

checkered skipper which? - Burnsius philetas - male

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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