Amblyscirtes

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Amblyscirtes
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aesculapius.jpg
Amblyscirtes aesculapius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Moncini
Genus: Amblyscirtes
Scudder, 1872 [1]
Synonyms
  • Amblyscirtes Scudder, 1872
  • Stomyles Scudder, 1872
  • Mastor Godman, [1900]
  • Epiphyes Dyar, 1905

Amblyscirtes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.

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Notes

  1. Savela, Markku. "Amblyscirtes Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.

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