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Cogia cajeta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Cogia cajeta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cogia

Rank
  
Species

Cogia cajeta

Similar
  
Cogia, Codatractus, Polythrix, Achalarus, Chioides

Cogia cajeta, the yellow-haired skipper, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. Subspecies cajeta is found in Mexico in southern Veracruz, eastern Oaxaca, Tabasco and north-eastern Chiapas. Subspecies eluina is found from Jalisco and the Yucatan Peninsula south to Costa Rica.

Subspecies

  • Cogia cajeta cajeta (Mexico)
  • Cogia cajeta eluina (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua)
  • References

    Cogia cajeta Wikipedia