Pythonides lancea

Pythonides lancea is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, found in Brazil and in Argentina.[1][2]

Pythonides lancea
P. lancea observed in Brazil in 2018.
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P. lancea
Binomial name
Pythonides lancea
(Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Leucochitonea lancea 1868

P. lancea was first described in 1868 by William Chapman Hewitson and named Leucochitonea lancea, after realizing this species was different from P. jovianus previously described by Pieter Cramer.[3]

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References

  1. Mielke, OHH; Emery, EDO; Pinheiro, CEG (2008). "The butterflies Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea) from the Federal District, Brazil" (PDF). Brazilian Journal of Entomology. 52 (2): 283–288 via Researchgate.
  2. Núñez Bustos, Ezequiel O. (2009). "Daytime butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea Y Hesperioidea) from the Iguazu National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 19 (2): 71–81.
  3. Hewitson, William Chapman (1868). Descriptions of one hundred new species of Hesperidae. London: John Van Voorst. p. 47.


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