Systasea
{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}
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| image = Systasea pulverulenta 1.jpg
| image_caption = Texas Powdered Skipper (Systasea pulverulenta)
| taxon = Systasea
| authority = Edwards, 1877
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Systasea is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
The name Systasea was introduced as a replacement for the name Lintneria, which is invalid under the Law of Homonymy.
Species
- Systasea microsticta Dyar, 1923
- Systasea pulverulenta (R. Felder, 1869)
- Systasea zampa (Edwards, 1876)
Identify
- Outer margin of hindwing has two deep indentations.
- Upperside is orange brown with darker olive-brown areas.
- Forewing has a median band of transparent spots all in a row.
- Wingspan: {{frac|15|16}}-{{frac|1|3|8}} inches (2.4-3.5 cm).
References
- {{cite journal |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Hesperiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Hesperiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |date=2023 |publisher=Natural History Museum, London|doi=10.5519/s93616qw }}
- {{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/systasea/ |title=Systasea Edwards, 1877 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 2, 2019}}
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Category:Taxa named by William Henry Edwards
Category:Taxa described in 1877
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