''Atrytonopsis python'', known generally as the python skipper or annual sea-blite, 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 North America.
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The MONA or Hodges number for ''Atrytonopsis python'' is 4086.][
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Atrytonopsis python'':
* ''Atrytonopsis python margarita'' Skinner, 1913
* ''Atrytonopsis python python''
References
Further reading
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Hesperiinae
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Butterflies described in 1882
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