Hesperilla hopsoni

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Hesperilla hopsoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hesperilla
Species:
H. hopsoni
Binomial name
Hesperilla hopsoni
Waterhouse, 1927

Hesperilla hopsoni, the golden sedge-skipper, is a species of skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern Australia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Species Hesperilla hopsoni Waterhouse, 1927". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F. A.; Braby, Michael F.; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A.; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1407–1421. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.