Purple-washed Skipper

Panoquina lucas

''Panoquina lucas'', the purple-washed skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.

The MONA or Hodges number for ''Panoquina lucas'' is 4121.
Purple-Washed Skipper (Panoquina lucas) A Purple-Washed Skipper on the leaf of a hibiscus tree. These skippers are really active and difficult to capture in flight unlike some other butterfly species, however they are very approachable once perched. Animalia,Animals,Caribbean,Insecta,Insects,Panoquina lucas,Purple-Washed Skipper,Trinidad and Tobago

Naming

These two subspecies belong to the species ''Panoquina lucas'':
⤷  ''Panoquina lucas lucas''
⤷  ''Panoquina lucas woodruffi'' Watson, 1937

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusPanoquina
SpeciesP. lucas
Photographed in
Trinidad and Tobago