Timochares trifasciata

Timochares trifasciata, the many-banded skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from eastern and western Mexico to southern Brazil, Paraguay[2] and Argentina.

Timochares trifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Timochares
Species:
T. trifasciata
Binomial name
Timochares trifasciata
(Hewitson, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucochitonea trifasciata Hewitson, 1868
  • Antigonus trifasciatus
  • Nisoniades hemula Herrich-Schäffer
  • Nisoniades hemula Godman & Salvin, [1896]

Subspecies
  • Timochares trifasciata trifasciata (Mexico to Paraguay and Brazil)
  • Timochares trifasciata sanda Evans, 1953 (Argentina)

References
  1. Timochares at funet.fi
  2. Timochares trifasciata trifasciata at Butterflies of America


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