''Epargyreus zestos'', known generally as the zestos skipper or rusty skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the 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 ...
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It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
A subspecies of ''Epargyreus zestos'' is ''E. zestos inaguarum.''
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Eudaminae
Butterflies of the Caribbean
Lepidoptera of the United States
Taxa named by Carl Geyer
Butterflies described in 1832
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