Biology:Moltena

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Moltena
Moltena fiara as Proteides fiara in Exotische schmetterlinge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Moltena Evans, 1937

Moltena is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is named after the town of Molteno, Eastern Cape.

Species

• Moltena fiara (Butler, 1870)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• Moltena at funet

Wikidata ☰ Q6896858 entry