Asbolis capucinus

(Lucas, 1856)

Asbolis capucinus is a in the , to the Caribbean and parts of North America. This belongs to a of relatively poorly documented Neotropical skippers. Records indicate presence in Caribbean islands and southern Florida, though detailed information remains sparse in published literature.

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.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Asbolis capucinus: /æsˈboʊ.lɪs kæp.juˈsaɪ.nəs/

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Distribution

Caribbean; North America (including southern Florida, United States).

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Taxonomic note

The NCBI database lists this with authority (Lucas, 1857) and basionym Eudamus capucinus, while Catalogue of Life and GBIF use (Lucas, 1856). This minor discrepancy in authorship year has not been resolved in major databases.

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