Pythonides lancea is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, found in Brazil and in Argentina.[1][2]

Pythonides lancea
Pythonides lancea observed in Brazil in 2018
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pythonides
Species:
P. lancea
Binomial name
Pythonides lancea
(Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Leucochitonea lancea 1868

Pythonides lancea was first described in 1868 by William Chapman Hewitson and named Leucochitonea lancea, after realizing this species was different from P. jovianus previously described by Pieter Cramer.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Mielke, OHH; Emery, EDO; Pinheiro, CEG (2008). "The butterflies Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea) from the Federal District, Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Entomology. 52 (2): 283–288 – via ResearchGate.
  2. ^ Núñez Bustos, Ezequiel O. (2009). "Daytime butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea Y Hesperioidea) from the Iguazu National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 19 (2): 71–81.
  3. ^ Hewitson, William Chapman (1868). Descriptions of one hundred new species of Hesperidae. London: John Van Voorst. p. 47.