Biology:Ploetzia

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Ploetzia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Ploetzia
Saalmüller, 1884
Species:
P. amygdalis
Binomial name
Ploetzia amygdalis
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Systole Mabille, 1885

Species:

  • Hesperia amygdalis Mabille, 1877
  • Proteides madagascariensis Staudinger; Mabille, 1887

Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar .[2] The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.

The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1765029 entry