Quadrus cerialis

Quadrus cerialis
Male, dorsal
Male, ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Quadrus
Species: Q. cerialis
Binomial name
Quadrus cerialis
(Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cerialis Stoll, [1782]
  • Pythonides cerialis
  • Hesperia orcus Fabricius, 1793
  • Pythonides cerberus Hübner, [1819]
  • Pythonides cerialis f. majorinus Draudt, 1922
Female, dorsal side
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

Quadrus cerialis, the common blue-skipper or peppered blue skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Panama to Bolivia.[2] The habitat consists of rainforests, cloud forests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,400 metres.

References

  1. ↑ Quadrus at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Quadrus cerialis at Butterflies of the Andes
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