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Species Lerodea arabus - Violet-clouded Skipper - Hodges#4112

Skipper - Lerodea arabus Violet-clouded Skipper, Lerodea arabus - Lerodea arabus Violet-clouded Skipper? - Lerodea arabus Violet-clouded Skipper? - Lerodea arabus Violet-clouded Skipper - Lerodea arabus Violet-clouded Skipper - Lerodea arabus Violet-clouded Skipper, Lerodea arabus - Lerodea arabus Tucson butterfly - Lerodea arabus
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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
Subtribe Moncina
Genus Lerodea
Species arabus (Violet-clouded Skipper - Hodges#4112)
Hodges Number
4112
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly included with Lerodea dysaules, which is now recognized as a distinct species by Zhang et al. 2023
Identification
See Lerodea dysaules
Range
Lerodea arabus is found in Arizona and rare in NM (2 records?)
Sister species Lerodea dysaules is found in S TX
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