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title: "Zabulon Skipper"
description: "Lon zabulon — Insects & spiders. The Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipper) is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/zabulon-skipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zabulon Skipper

> Lon zabulon — Insects & spiders. The Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipper) is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States.

- Scientific name: *Lon zabulon*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 52102
- Wikidata: [Q97369546](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97369546)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1081329](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1081329)

## Names

- en: Zabulon Skipper
- es: Saltarina mostaza Americana
- nl: Poanes zabulon

## Countries with the most observations

US (47746), CA (401)

## Summary

The Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipper) is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabulon_skipper

## Photo

![Zabulon Skipper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/zabulon-skipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177899350

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/zabulon-skipper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).