Amblyscirtes elissa, the elissa roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Amblyscirtes |
| Species: | A. elissa
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblyscirtes elissa Godman, 1900
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Subspecies edit
These two subspecies belong to the species Amblyscirtes elissa:
- Amblyscirtes elissa arizonae H. Freeman, 1993
- Amblyscirtes elissa elissa Godman, 1900
References edit
- ^ "Amblyscirtes elissa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Amblyscirtes elissa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Amblyscirtes elissa species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading edit
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links edit
Media related to Amblyscirtes elissa at Wikimedia Commons
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