Autochton bipunctatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Autochton
- Species
- Autochton bipunctatus
- Scientific Name
- Autochton bipunctatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Autochton bipunctatus
Autochton bipunctatus, also known by the vernacular names Gmelin's banded skipper, two-spotted banded skipper, and twin-spot banded skipper, is a butterfly species in the family Hesperiidae.
It was first described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin as Papilio bipunctatus in the Gmelin 13th edition of Systema Naturae.
A. bipunctatus occurs in the Americas, where its distribution ranges from Mexico south to Bolivia and Brazil. Its habitat consists of forest edges at an altitude of up to 1000 m above sea level.
...Autochton bipunctatus in languages:
- English
- Two-spotted Banded-Skipper
- English
- Gmelin's Banded-Skipper
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