Mimosa Skipper

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Cogia calchas

Mimosa Skipper, a reference photo
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Cogia calchas, the mimosa skipper, is a Nearctic species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Mimosa Skipper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Cogia
Species
Cogia calchas

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