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Pythonides lancea

Lance


Pythonides lancea

Lanza
Family: Hesperiidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Reserva Natural Margay (ex Don Enrique Lodge)

Description


Pythonides lancea is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, found in Brazil and in Argentina.

Pythonides lancea was first described in 1868 by William Chapman Hewitson and named Leucochitonea lancea, after realizing this species was different from P. jovianus previously described by Pieter Cramer.

Source: Wikipedia, article Pythonides lancea. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
36537208/01/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Natural Margay (ex Don Enrique Lodge)Luis Cesar Tejo
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Lance (Pythonides lancea) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.