Thorybes casica is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Thorybes casica

Thorybes casica

Desert cloudywing (Thorybes casica) is a dicot skipper butterfly found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Thorybes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Thorybes casica

Thorybes casica (also referenced as Cecropterus casica), commonly called the desert cloudywing, is a dicot skipper species that belongs to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It can be found in Central America and North America.

Photo: (c) Doug Taron, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Doug Taron · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Thorybes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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