Vacerra

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Vacerra
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Vacerra bonfilius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Vacerra
Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900] [1]

Vacerra is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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References

  1. Vacerra at funet.fi