Quadrus cerialis

Quadrus cerialis
	Male, dorsal
	Male, ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Quadrus
Species:	Q. cerialis
Binomial name
	Quadrus cerialis; (Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
	Papilio cerialis Stoll, [1782]; Pythonides cerialis; Hesperia orcus Fabricius, 1793; Pythonides cerberus Hübner, [1819]; Pythonides cerialis f. majorinus Draudt, 1922;

Quadrus cerialis, the common blue-skipper or peppered blue skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Panama to Bolivia.[2] The habitat consists of rainforests, cloud forests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,400 metres.

Female, dorsal side
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

References

Quadrus at funet.fi
Quadrus cerialis at Butterflies of the Andes

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[1] Quadrus at funet.fi

[2] Quadrus cerialis at Butterflies of the Andes