Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874) (Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874))
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Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874)

Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874)

Chioides zilpa, the zilpa longtail, is a dicot skipper butterfly found across the Americas.

Family
Genus
Chioides
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874)

Chioides zilpa, commonly known as the zilpa longtail, is a species of dicot skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This species can be found in Central America, North America, and South America.

Photo: (c) Francisco Farriols Sarabia, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Francisco Farriols Sarabia · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Chioides

More from Hesperiidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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