Zestusa levona

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Eudaminae
Tribus: Eudamini
Subtribus: Loboclina
Genus: Zestusa
Species: Zestusa levona
Name

Zestusa levona Steinhauser, 1972 128.

Type locality: El Salvador, Cloud Forest, Cerro Miramundo, Hacienda Montecristo, 2300 m.

Holotype: USNM. male. No. H-1124. 27.II.1971. S.R. & L.M. Steinhauser.

References
Primary references

Steinhauser, S.R. 1972. The genus Zestusa (Hesperiidae) in El Salvador with description of a new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 26(3): 127–132. PDF. Reference page.

Additional references

Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.