Nicephellus
Genus of butterflies
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Nicephellus is a monotypic genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Nicephellus G.T.Austin, 2008 |
| Species: | N. nicephorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nicephellus nicephorus (Hewitson, 1876) | |
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The sole species of the genus is Nicephellus nicephorus, also called the two-spotted scarlet-eye,[2] and was originally described in 1876 by William Chapman Hewitson as Eudamus nicephorus.[3] It is found from southern Mexico to Peru and western Brazil.[3]
Original description
Austin, George T. (3 March 2008). "Hesperiidae of Rondonia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on "night" skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae)". Insecta Mundi. 0029.
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