Lon (butterfly)

Lon
Male Zabulon skipper, Lon zabulon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Hesperiina
Genus: Lon
Grishin, 2019

Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in North and South America.[1][2] The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin.[1] The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
  2. ^ "Lon Grishin, 2019". GBIF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.