Obscure(d) Skippers

There are four grass-skippers in the genus Panoquia on Hispaniola (Schwartz 1989, Takizawa et al 2003). Warren et al. (2012/2013) calls them: Obscure Skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides panoquinoides), Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola), Purple-washed Skipper (Panoquina lucas) and Nero Skipper (Panoquina nero).

Perez-Gelabert (2008) lists one of these (P. ocola). The three others are not mentioned, no reasons given. They might have slipped off during typesetting of the extensive 530 pages publication.

We will include all four species in the updated butterfly checklist.

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