Biology:Monca crispinus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Violet-patched skipper
Violet patched skipper (Monca crispinus) Honduras.jpg
In Honduras
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Monca
Species:
M. crispinus
Binomial name
Monca crispinus
(Plötz, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monca tyrtaeus (Plötz, 1882)

Monca crispinus, the violet-patched skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the family of butterflies known as Hesperiidae.[1][2] It is found in North and CentralAmerica.[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Monca crispinus is 3992.[3]

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Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q27997816 entry