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Erionota thrax  (Linnaeus, 1767)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 117284

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Banana Skipper [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyHesperioidea Latreille, 1809  
                                     FamilyHesperiidae Latreille, 1809 – Skippers  
                                        SubfamilyHesperiinae Latreille, 1809 – Grass-Skippers  
                                           GenusErionota Mabille, 1878  
                                              SpeciesErionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767) – Banana Skipper  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Erionota thrax thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)  
       

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  Source: Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition, website (version 2)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)   
  Reference for: Erionota thrax, Banana Skipper [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Erionota thrax   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Evans, W. H.  
  Publication Date: 1941   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the genus Erionota Mabille (Lep.: Hesp.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Entomologist, vol. 74, no. 937   
  Page(s): 158-160   
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  Reference for: Erionota thrax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nishida, Gordon M., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, 4th ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bishop Museum Technical Report no. 22   
  Page(s): iv + 313   
  Publisher: Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum   
  Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1085-455X   
  Notes: Contribution No. 2002-005 to the Hawaii Biological Survey   
  Reference for: Erionota thrax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Erionota thrax   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
    North America  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Opler (1999) remarks that this pest species was "previously reported incorrectly as a different species, Erionota thrax". However, Erionota thrax is the species reported as introduced to Hawaii in the Hawaiian Arthropod Checklist, 4th Edition (Nishida, 2002)  
 

 

    

 
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