Eight-spotted Skipper

Eight-spotted Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dalla
Species: D. octomaculata
Binomial name
Dalla octomaculata
(Godman, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Butleria octomaculata Godman, [1900]

The Eight-spotted Skipper or Light-spotted Skipper (Dalla octomaculata) is a species of butterfly in the Hesperiidae family, in the Subfamily Heteropterinae, which are sometimes called Skipperlings. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

References

  1. Dalla at funet.fi

Sources


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