Violet-clouded Skipper

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Lerodea arabus

Violet-clouded Skipper, a reference photo
Photo: Roger Rittmaster https://www.inaturalist.org/people/rogerritt · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Lerodea arabus, known generally as the violet-clouded skipper or olive-clouded skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Violet-clouded 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Lerodea
Species
Lerodea arabus

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