Spathilepia
Monotypic genus of skipper butterflies in subfamily Eudaminae
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Spathilepia is a butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). The genus is monotypic containing the single species Spathilepia clonius found in Texas, Central America and Colombia to Brazil and Argentina.[1]
| Spathilepia clonius | |
|---|---|
| In Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spathilepia Butler, 1870 |
| Species: | S. clonius |
| Binomial name | |
| Spathilepia clonius (Cramer, [1775]) | |