Timochares ruptifasciata (Plötz, 1884) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Timochares ruptifasciata (Plötz, 1884)

Timochares ruptifasciata (Plötz, 1884)

The brown-banded skipper Timochares ruptifasciata is a spread-wing skipper butterfly found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.

Family
Genus
Timochares
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Timochares ruptifasciata (Plötz, 1884)

Timochares ruptifasciata, commonly known as the brown-banded skipper, is a species of spread-wing skipper that belongs to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This species can be found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America. It is assigned the number 3941 under the MONA, also called Hodges, numbering system.

Photo: (c) Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Timochares

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

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