Vettius fantasos
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Vettius |
| Species: | V. fantasos |
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| Vettius fantasos Stoll, 1780 | |
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Vettius fantasos, also known as the fantastic skipper,[1] is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[2]
It is native to Central and South America.[2] It also rarely strays into the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.[1]
Description
The underside of the hindwing is shining ivory white to silver with veins outlined in red-brown. The wingspan ranges from 1 1/16 to 1 1/4 inches (2.7-3.2 centimeters).[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Fantastic Skipper Vettius fantasos (Cramer, 1780) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- 1 2 "Vettius fantasos Stoll, 1780". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 March 2021.