Opaon varicolor
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| Opaon varicolor | |
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| Male Opaon varicolor, Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Rhytidochrotinae |
| Genus: | Opaon |
| Species: | O. varicolor |
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| Opaon varicolor (Stål, 1878) | |
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Opaon varicolor is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae, and more specifically in the subfamily Rhytidochrotinae.[1][2]. It's distribution is along the Pacific slope of the Cordillera Occidental within the Chocó Biogeographic region. It appears to be endemic to Colombia.
