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Pythonides lancea Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythonides_lancea

Pythonides lancea
Pythonides lancea observed in Brazil in 2018
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pythonides
Species:
P. lancea
Binomial name
Pythonides lancea
(Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Leucochitonea lancea 1868

Pythonides lancea is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, found in Brazil and in Argentina.[1][2]

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]

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  • P. jovianus (L,M) in a plate from Cramer & Stoll (1782).
    P. jovianus (L,M) in a plate from Cramer & Stoll (1782).
  • P. lancea from Hübner & Geyer (1908).
    P. lancea from Hübner & Geyer (1908).
  • P. jovianus observed in Cacoal, Brazil.
    P. jovianus observed in Cacoal, Brazil.
  • P. lancea observed in Guarapiranga, Brazil.
    P. lancea observed in Guarapiranga, Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ Mielke, OHH; Emery, EDO; Pinheiro, CEG (2008). "The butterflies Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea) from the Federal District, Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Entomology. 52 (2): 283–288 – via ResearchGate.
  2. ^ Núñez Bustos, Ezequiel O. (2009). "Daytime butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea Y Hesperioidea) from the Iguazu National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 19 (2): 71–81.
  3. ^ Hewitson, William Chapman (1868). Descriptions of one hundred new species of Hesperidae. London: John Van Voorst. p. 47.


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