''Amblyscirtes aenus'', the bronze roadside skipper, is a species of
grass skipper in the
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is found in Central America and North America.
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Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species ''Amblyscirtes aenus'':
* ''Amblyscirtes aenus aenus'' W. H. Edwards, 1878
* ''Amblyscirtes aenus erna'' H. Freeman, 1943
* ''Amblyscirtes aenus megamacula'' Scott, 1998
References
Further reading
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Hesperiinae
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Butterflies described in 1878
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