Biology:Arnetta verones

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Sumatran bob
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Arnetta
Species:
A. verones
Binomial name
Arnetta verones
(Hewitson, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Astictopterus verones Hewitson, 1878
  • Evans, 1932 Arnetta kala

Arnetta verones, the Sumatran bob,[2] is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1878.

Description

Very similar to Koruthaialos sindu (C. & R. Felder, 1860) but lacking the red of that species.[3]

Distribution

It is found in Malaysia and on Borneo and Sumatra.

References

  1. Arnetta, funet.fi
  2. "Arnetta verones - ZipcodeZoo" (in en). http://zipcodezoo.com/index.php/Arnetta_verones. 
  3. Seitz, A. Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln

Wikidata ☰ Q4794737 entry