Asbolis

Mabille, 1904

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Asbolis is a of skippers ( Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) established by Mabille in 1904. The genus belongs to the grass skipper lineage, a diverse group of small to medium-sized butterflies characterized by rapid, darting . within Asbolis are found in the Neotropical region. The genus is distinguished by specific genitalic and wing venation characters that separate it from related grass skipper genera.

Asbolis capucinus (Monk Skipper) by Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies Hesperia IV by William Chapman Hewitson . Used under a Public domain license.Possibly Asbolis capucinus (Lucas, 1857). Monk Skipper - Flickr - gailhampshire by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.

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How to pronounce Asbolis: //ˈæz.bə.lɪs//

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Distribution

Neotropical region

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