Epargyreus zestos, known generally as the zestos skipper or rusty skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the family Hesperiidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Caribbean and North America.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Epargyreus |
| Species: | E. zestos
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| Binomial name | |
| Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832)
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A subspecies of Epargyreus zestos is E. zestos inaguarum.
References
edit- ^ "Epargyreus zestos Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Epargyreus zestos Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Epargyreus zestos Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Epargyreus zestos". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
Further reading
edit- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Hodges, Ronald W.; et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E.W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. pp. xxiv + 284. ISBN 0-86096-016-1.
- Opler, Paul A. (1992). A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. xvii + 396. ISBN 0-395-63279-X.
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