Nyctelius nyctelius

Nyctelius nyctelius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Nyctelius
Species:	N. nyctelius
Binomial name
Nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)

Nyctelius nyctelius, known generally as the violet-banded skipper or nyctelius skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Nyctelius nyctelius is 4123.[4]

Violet-banded skipper, Nyctelius nyctelius

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Nyctelius nyctelius:

• Nyctelius nyctelius agari Dillon, 1948
• Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)

References

1. "Nyctelius nyctelius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Nyctelius nyctelius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Nyctelius nyctelius species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Nyctelius nyctelius". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

External links

• Media related to Nyctelius nyctelius at Wikimedia Commons