Hesperopsis alpheus

Hesperopsis alpheus, the saltbush sootywing, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.^[1][2][3]

Hesperopsis alpheus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Hesperopsis
Species:	H. alpheus
Binomial name
Hesperopsis alpheus (W. H. Edwards, 1876)

The MONA or Hodges number for Hesperopsis alpheus is 3980.^[4]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Hesperopsis alpheus:

• Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus (W. H. Edwards, 1876)
• Hesperopsis alpheus oricus (W. H. Edwards, 1879)
• Hesperopsis alpheus texana Scott, 1981