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Veined White-Skipper
Roger Rittmaster, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Veined White-Skipper

Heliopetes arsalte (Linnaeus, 1758)

Names

EnglishVeined White-Skipper
Dutch—
SpanishBlanca de Rayas Negras
Chinese白翅弄蝶
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameHeliopetes arsalte (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Heliopetes arsalte, commonly known as the veined white-skipper, is a species of spread-wing skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is widely distributed across Central and South America, ranging from Argentina north to Mexico, and occasionally appearing as a rare stray in southern Texas.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusHeliopetes

In Suriname

13Records in Suriname
5iNaturalist observations
2013First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne3
  • Nickerie3
  • Wanica2
  • Paramaribo2
  • Saramacca1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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