Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Antillean Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)


Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Identification:
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Range: Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic).
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Taxonomy Notes: Formerly in the genus Pyrgus as Pyrgus crisia.
Alternate Scientific Names:
Pyrgus crisia