Hesperia comma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Hesperia
Species: Hesperia comma
Subspecies: H. c. benuncas –H. c. borealis –H. c. comma –H. c. dimila –H. c. florinda –H. c. hulbirti –H. c. laurentina –H. c. manitoba –H. c. maroccana –H. c. mixta –H. c. oroplata –H. c. rozhkovi –H. c. shandura

Name

Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758).

Type localityː Sweden.

Typusː HT ♂ Linnean Society, London; BMNH

Synonymy

★Papilio (Plebejus) comma Linnaeus, 1758ː 484.
★Hesperia comma (Linnaeus); Fabricius, 1793ː 258. Et seq.
★Hesperia comma comma (Linnaeus); Evans, 1949ː 348; 1955ː 318; Bridges, 1994ː IX.40; Vane-Wright, 2021: 558.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Lindsey, A.W., 1942. A preliminary revision of Hesperia. Bulletin of the scientific laboratories of Denison University 37(1/2): 1-50, 6 pls. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 484 BHL Reference page.
Oberthür, C. 1912. Description d'une nouvelle espece algierienne d'Hesperiidae [Lep.] Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 9(4): 349-351. Reference page.
Reverdin, 1916. Revision du Genre Hesperia (Espèces palearctiques). Etudes de lépidoptérologie comparée 12: 7-34. Reference page.
Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.
Vane-Wright, R.I., with Oxford University Museum of Natural History. 2021. Iconotypes. A compendium of Butterflies and Moths. Jones's Icones complete. 687pp. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-02432-4. Reference page.

Links

- ZooBank: FFFBFBFD-7060-4004-AA0E-AE8CE0A2BA6C
Hesperia comma Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Butterflies of America
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Lepindex

Vernacular names

Cymraeg: Gwibiwr arian
dansk: Kommabredpande
Deutsch: Komma-Dickkopffalter
English: Silver-spotted Skipper
suomi: Valkotäpläpaksupää
français: Comma
Frysk: Kommaflinter
magyar: Vesszős busalepke
lietuvių: Gelsvažalis storgalvis
Nederlands: Kommavlinder
norsk: Kommasmyger
polski: Karłątek klinek
svenska: Silversmygare
中文: 弄蝶

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