Zabulon skipper

Zabulon skipper
Underside of the female

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lon
Species:
L. zabulon
Binomial name
Lon zabulon
(Boisduval & LeConte, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia zabulon
  • Pamphila zabulon
  • Atrytone zabulon
  • Atrytone cabulon
  • Poanes zabulon

The Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipper) is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States.