Lon (butterfly)

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Hesperiina
Genus: Lon
Grishin, 2019

Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in North and South America. [1] [2] The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin. [1] The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name. [1]

Species

As of 2019, the genus includes 10 species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
  2. ↑ "Lon Grishin, 2019". GBIF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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