Biology:Timochares ruptifasciata

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Timochares ruptifasciata
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Timochares ruptifasciata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Timochares
Species:
T. ruptifasciata
Binomial name
Timochares ruptifasciata
(Plötz, 1884)

Timochares ruptifasciata, the brown-banded skipper, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Timochares ruptifasciata is 3941.[4]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Timochares ruptifasciata:

  • Timochares ruptifasciata runia Evans, 1953
  • Timochares ruptifasciata ruptifasciata

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q13856557 entry