Eight-spotted Skipper
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The Eight-spotted Skipper or Light-spotted Skipper (Dalla octomaculata) is a species of butterfly
in the Hesperiidae family, in the Subfamily Heteropterinae, which are sometimes called Skipperlings It is found in Costa Rica
and Panama
.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Hesperiidae family, in the Subfamily Heteropterinae, which are sometimes called Skipperlings It is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
and Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Dalla octomaculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.