Aedes butleri

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Aedes butleri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species:
A. butleri
Binomial name
Aedes butleri
Theobald, 1901

Aedes (Verrallina) butleri, sometimes as Verrallina butleri, [1] is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedes . It is found in Sri Lanka [2] Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Indochina, Thailand, and Maluku. [3]

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References

  1. "Verrallina Theobald, 1903". Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. "Species Details : Verrallina butleri (Theobald, 1901)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 31 January 2017.