Biology:Thymelicus leonina

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Thymelicus leonina
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Thymelicus
Species:
T. leonina
Binomial name
Thymelicus leonina
(Butler, 1878) [1]

Thymelicus leonina is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic ( China, Amur, Ussuri, Japan) that belongs to the skippers family.

Description from Seitz

Male with stigma. Wings above light reddish yellow, all the veins striped with black; border of hindwing broader. On the underside all the veins are heavily black (87 f). Amur and Japan.[2]

  • Seitz 87f
    Seitz 87f

See also

  • List of butterflies of Russia

References

  1. ↑ Butler, 1878 On some Butterflies recently sent home from Japan by Mr. Montague Fenton Cist. Ent. 2 (19) : 281-286
  2. ↑ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

Wikidata ☰ Q3526178 entry





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