Dalla calaon

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Dalla calaon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dalla
Species:
D. calaon
Binomial name
Dalla calaon
(Hewitson, 1877) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides calaonHewitson, 1877 [1]

Dalla calaon, the calaon skipperling, [2] is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was first described [lower-alpha 1] in 1877 by William Chapman Hewitson, and is found in Ecuador. [2]

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References

  1. as Cyclopides calaon [3]
  1. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Dalla". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Dalla calaon (Hewitson, 1877)". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. Bridges, Charles A. (1994). Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the world. pp. VIII.38, X.44. Retrieved 18 September 2023.