119 observations
Far Eastern Large Skipper
Ochlodes venatus
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Arthropoda ›Class: Insecta ›Order: Lepidoptera ›Family: Hesperiidae ›Genus: Ochlodes
About
Ochlodes venatus is a skipper butterfly species in the family Hesperiidae. The name was long used for the large skipper of Europe, but it actually refers to its Far Eastern sister species and the large skipper is now called O. sylvanus. There is some dispute however about whether the large skipper should not better placed in O. venatus as a subspecies sylvanus or faunus. An ICZN Opinion in 1944 noted that the genus name Ochlodes is...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Far Eastern Large Skipper is Ochlodes venatus.
- Far Eastern Large Skipper belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- Far Eastern Large Skipper belongs to the phylum Arthropoda.
- Far Eastern Large Skipper belongs to the class Insecta.
- Far Eastern Large Skipper belongs to the order Lepidoptera.
- Far Eastern Large Skipper belongs to the family Hesperiidae.
- Far Eastern Large Skipper belongs to the genus Ochlodes.