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Nyctelius nyctelius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Nyctelius
Species:	N. nyctelius
Binomial name
Nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)

Nyctelius nyctelius, known generally as the violet-banded skipper or nyctelius skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Nyctelius nyctelius is 4123.

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Nyctelius nyctelius:

• Nyctelius nyctelius agari Dillon, 1948
• Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1824)

References

1. "Nyctelius nyctelius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Nyctelius nyctelius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Nyctelius nyctelius species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Nyctelius nyctelius". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

External links

• Media related to Nyctelius nyctelius at Wikimedia Commons

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