Pythonides lancea
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pythonides lancea is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, found in Brazil and in Argentina.[1][2]
| Pythonides lancea | |
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| Pythonides lancea observed in Brazil in 2018 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pythonides |
| Species: | P. lancea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pythonides lancea (Hewitson, 1868) | |
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Pythonides lancea was first described in 1868 by William Chapman Hewitson and named Leucochitonea lancea, after realizing this species was different from P. jovianus previously described by Pieter Cramer.[3]
Gallery
P. jovianus (L,M) in a plate from Cramer & Stoll (1782).
P. lancea from Hübner & Geyer (1908).
P. jovianus observed in Cacoal, Brazil.
P. lancea observed in Guarapiranga, Brazil.
References
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