Hesperia meskei

Hesperia meskei, or Meske's skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][4]

Hesperia meskei
Hesperia meskei straton

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hesperia
Species:
H. meskei
Binomial name
Hesperia meskei
(W. H. Edwards, 1877)

The MONA or Hodges number for Hesperia meskei is 4030.[5]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Hesperia meskei:

  • Hesperia meskei meskei (W. H. Edwards, 1877)
  • Hesperia meskei pinocayo Gatrelle & Minno in Gatrelle, Minno & Grkovich, 2003
  • Hesperia meskei straton (W. H. Edwards, 1881)

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Hesperia meskei Meske's Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "Hesperia meskei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Hesperia meskei". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Hesperia meskei". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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