Dalla octomaculata

Eight-spotted skipper
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Dalla
Species:	D. octomaculata
Binomial name
Dalla octomaculata (Godman, 1900) [2]
Synonyms
Butleria octomaculataGodman, [1900]

Dalla octomaculata, the eight-spotted skipper or light-spotted skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, in the subfamily Heteropterinae, which are sometimes called skipperlings. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Dalla octomaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T6230A12586267. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6230A12586267.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Dalla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms