Biology:Hesperilla dirphia
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Hesperilla dirphia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Hesperilla |
Species: | H. dirphia
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Binomial name | |
Hesperilla dirphia Hewitson, 1868
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Hesperilla dirphia, the dirphia skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the state of Western Australia.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The Caterpillars are a translucent green with white spots, and have a pinkish thorax and tail, and a black head. The adults are dark brown, with cream spots on each fore wing. The males also have a broken black patch on the upper surface of each forewing. The undersides are reddish brown with cream spots, which are black-edged under each hind wing.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/195/4/1407/6523241.
- ↑ "Species Hesperilla hopsoni Waterhouse, 1927". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Hesperilla_hopsoni.
- ↑ "Motasingha dirphia". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hesp/dirphia.html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6917135 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperilla dirphia.
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