Biology:Mesodina aeluropis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Mesodina aeluropis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Mesodina |
Species: | M. aeluropis
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Binomial name | |
Mesodina aeluropis Meyrick, 1901
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Mesodina aeluropis, the aeluropis skipper or montane iris skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Patersonia sericea.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q9346497 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesodina aeluropis.
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