• Source: Lon (butterfly)

      • Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in North and South America. The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin. The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name.


      Species


      As of 2019, the genus includes 10 species:

      Lon zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, 1837) – Zabulon skipper, type species
      Lon hobomok (T. Harris, 1862) – Hobomok skipper
      Lon inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872) – yellow-stained skipper
      Lon taxiles (Edwards, 1881) – golden skipper
      Lon azin (Godman, 1900)
      Lon macneilli (Burns, 1992) – Macneill's skipper
      Lon ulphila (Plötz, 1883) – ulphila skipper
      Lon monticola (Godman, 1900) – oyamel skipper
      Lon niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889) – snow-fringed skipper
      Lon melane (Edwards, 1869) – umber skipper


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