Biology:Quadrus cerialis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Quadrus cerialis
Quadrus cerialis.jpg
Male, dorsal
Quadrus cerialis ventral.jpg
Male, ventral
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Q. cerialis
Binomial name
Quadrus cerialis
(Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cerialis Stoll, [1782]
  • Pythonides cerialis
  • Hesperia orcus Fabricius, 1793
  • Pythonides cerberus Hübner, [1819]
  • Pythonides cerialis f. majorinus Draudt, 1922
Female, dorsal side
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

Quadrus cerialis, the common blue-skipper or peppered blue skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Panama to Bolivia.[2] The habitat consists of rainforests, cloud forests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,400 metres.

References

  1. Quadrus at funet.fi
  2. Quadrus cerialis at Butterflies of the Andes

Wikidata ☰ Q7268446 entry