Hesperia attalus

Hesperia attalus, the dotted skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers).[2][3][4] It was described by William Henry Edwards in 1871 and is found in North America.[3]

Hesperia attalus

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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H. attalus
Binomial name
Hesperia attalus

The MONA or Hodges number for Hesperia attalus is 4029.[5][6]

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Hesperia attalus Dotted Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. "Hesperia attalus Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. "Hesperia attalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. "Hesperia attalus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  6. Pelham, Jonathan P. (July 1, 2017). "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

Further reading

  • Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, xxiv + 284.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Second Edition, xiv + 540.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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