''Staphylus mazans'', the mazans scallopwing, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

. It is found in Central America and North America.

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species ''Staphylus mazans'': * ''Staphylus mazans ascaphalus'' Staudinger, 1876 * ''Staphylus mazans hayhurstii'' Edwards, 1870 * ''Staphylus mazans mazans'' * ''Staphylus mazans tierra'' Evans, 1953

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