Telegonus alardus, the frosted flasher, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.[3] It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[2][4][5]

Telegonus alardus
T. a. latia in Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Telegonus
Species:
T. alardus
Binomial name
Telegonus alardus
(Stoll, 1790)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Telegonus fabrici Ehrmann, 1918
  • Astraptes alardus (Stoll, 1790)

Subspecies

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The following subspecies are recognised:

  • Telegonus alardus alardus (Stoll, 1790)
  • Telegonus alardus aquila Evans, 1952
  • Telegonus alardus latia Evans, 1952

References

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  1. ^ Murillo-Hiller, Luis-Ricardo; Segura-Bermúdez, Oscar-Antonio; Barquero, Juan-Diego; Bolaños, Federico (14 May 2019). "The skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) of the Reserva Ecológica Leonelo Oviedo, San José, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 67 (2). Table 1. doi:10.15517/rbt.v67i2SUPL.37236. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Astraptes alardus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
  4. ^ "Astraptes alardus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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