Punta punta is a species of skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Punta.[1]

Punta punta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Punta
Evans, 1955
Species:
P. punta
Binomial name
Punta punta
Evans, [1955]

References edit

  1. ^ Warren, Andrew D.; Ogawa, Joshua R.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (October 2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea)". Cladistics. 24 (5): 642–676. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00218.x.