Biology:Aeromachus inachus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Aeromachus inachus
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A. inachus
Binomial name
Aeromachus inachus
(Ménétriés, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pyrgus inachus Ménétriés, 1859
  • Aeromachus inachus ab. extinctus Naritomi, 1941

Aeromachus inachus is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae) . It is found in the East Palearctic in Ussuri, Amur, Taiwan, Japan. The larva on feeds on Spodiopogon sibiricus and other Gramineae. There are two or more broods. The larva of this species hibernates.[2]

Subspecies

  • Aeromachus inachus inachus
  • Aeromachus inachus formosanus Matsumura, 1931
  • Aeromachus inachus jiujianganus Murayama

References

  1. Aeromachus, funet.fi
  2. Taro Iwase, 1954 Synopsis of the known life-histories of Japanese butterflies The Lepidopterists' News 1954: 95-100 pdf

Wikidata ☰ Q5973976 entry