Abaratha

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Abaratha
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Abaratha angulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Abaratha
Moore, 1881

Abaratha is a genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae. [1] It is found in the Indomalayan realm [2]

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A. pygela and A. leptogramma

Species

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References

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  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9