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Spathilepia

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Spathilepia clonius
In Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spathilepia
Butler, 1870
Species:
S. clonius
Binomial name
Spathilepia clonius
(Cramer, [1775])

Spathilepia is a butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). The genus is monotypic containing the single species Spathilepia clonius found in Texas, Central America and Colombia to Brazil and Argentina.[1] They are native to Mexico but have been found all over Latin America[2] with them originating in Mexico and having spread to some parts of southern Texas.

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  1. ^ "Spathilepia". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  2. ^ "from: Farruggia F, Bohs L (2010) Two new South American species of Solanum section Crinitum (Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 1: 67-77. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.1.661". doi:10.3897/phytokeys.1.661.figure1. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
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