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Hesperia Fabricius 1793

Pamphila Fabricius 1807 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Hesperiini

Introduction

A Holarctic genus. Most species are endemic to North America, H. comma is widespread throughout the region, and H. florinda is endemic to temperate eastern Asia. H. nabokovi is edemic to Hispaniola.

References

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Layberry RA, Hall PW, and LaFontaine JD. 1998. The butterflies of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.

Opler, P. A. & A. D. Warren. 2002. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific names list for butterfly species of North America, north of Mexico. Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity. 79pp.

Tuzov VK, Bogdanov PV, Devyatkin AL, Kaabak LV, Korolev VA, Murzin VS, Samodurov GD, and Tarasov EA. 1997. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Pensoft, Sofia.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Hesperia comma
Location Broughton down, Hampshire, UK
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source silver spotted skipper - Hesperia comma
Source Collection Flickr
ToL image Use creative commons This image is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Creative Commons License.
Copyright © 2006 Katie
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Hesperia Fabricius 1793. Pamphila Fabricius 1807 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym. Version 04 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Hesperia/95116/2007.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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