Hesperia attalus

Hesperia attalus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Hesperia
Species:	H. attalus
Binomial name
Hesperia attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871)

Hesperia attalus, the dotted skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers). ^{[2] [3] [4]} It was described by William Henry Edwards in 1871 and is found in North America. ^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: ^[5]

• Hesperia attalus attalus(W. H. Edwards, 1871)
• Hesperia attalus nigrescensGatrelle, 1999 – dark dotted skipper
• Hesperia attalus slossonae(Skinner, 1871) – Slosson's dotted skipper

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Hesperia attalus Dotted Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. "Hesperia attalus Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
3. "Hesperia attalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
4. "Hesperia attalus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
5. "Hesperia". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

Further reading

• Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, xxiv + 284.
• Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Second Edition, xiv + 540.
• Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America