| Hesperia meskei | |
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| Hesperia meskei straton | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperia |
| Species: | H. meskei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hesperia meskei (W. H. Edwards, 1877) | |
Hesperia meskei, or Meske's skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America. [2] [3] [4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Hesperia meskei is 4030. [5]
These three subspecies belong to the species Hesperia meskei:
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