Augiades epimethea, the epimethea skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia, Guianas and Brazil.[1]

Augiades epimethea
Adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Augiades
Species:
A. epimethea
Binomial name
Augiades epimethea
(Plötz, 1883)
Synonyms
List
  • Phareas epimethea Plötz, 1883
  • Lignyostola bicolor Mabille & Boullet, 1919
  • Lignyostola cydana Schaus, 1902

References edit

  1. ^ Siewert, Ricardo Russo; Lemes, José Ricardo Assmann; Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik; Casagrande, Mirna Martins (2022-03-03). "Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Augiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)". Zootaxa. 5105 (2): 237–252. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334.