Yvretta carus (Edwards, 1883) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Yvretta carus (Edwards, 1883)

Yvretta carus (Edwards, 1883)

Yvretta carus, the carus skipper, is a grass skipper butterfly species in the family Hesperiidae.

Family
Genus
Yvretta
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Yvretta carus (Edwards, 1883)

Yvretta carus (originally published as Polites carus by Edwards in 1883), commonly known as the carus skipper, is a species of grass skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The MONA (also called Hodges) number for this species, when classified under Polites carus, is 4015.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Yvretta

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