Quadrus cerialis

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Quadrus cerialis
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Male, dorsal
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Male, ventral
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Quadrus
Species:
Q. cerialis
Binomial name
Quadrus cerialis
(Stoll, [1782]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cerialisStoll, [1782]
  • Pythonides cerialis
  • Hesperia orcusFabricius, 1793
  • Pythonides cerberusHübner, [1819]
  • Pythonides cerialis f. majorinusDraudt, 1922
Female, dorsal side Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil Common blue-skipper (Quadrus cerialis).JPG
Female, dorsal side
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

Quadrus cerialis, the common blue-skipper or peppered blue skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Panama to Bolivia. [2] The habitat consists of rainforests, cloud forests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,400 metres.

References

  1. ↑ Quadrus at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Quadrus cerialis [ usurped ] at Butterflies of the Andes


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