''Cogia caicus'', known generally as the gold-costa skipper or caicus skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species ''Cogia caicus'': * ''Cogia caicus caicus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) * ''Cogia caicus moschus'' (W. H. Edwards, 1882)

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