Allora doleschallii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Allora |
Species: | A. doleschallii |
Binomial name | |
Allora doleschallii | |
Synonyms | |
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Allora doleschallii (peacock awl) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomon Islands, [2] while subspecies Allora doleschallii doleschallii is found on the north-east coast of Australia.The name honours Carl Ludwig Doleschall.
The wingspan is about 40 mm (1.6 in).
The larvae feed on Rhyssopterys timorensis .
Hasora taminatus, the white banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in Asia.
Erionota thrax, the palm redeye or the banana skipper, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from India, through south-eastern Asia to Papua New Guinea. In the north it is found up to southern China. It is an introduced species on various Pacific islands, including the Solomon Islands and Hawaii. It has also been recorded from Mauritius.
Potanthus confucius, the Chinese dart or Confucian dart, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. They are found from Sri Lanka and India to China and Japan and down to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia. Some museum specimens have also been reported to be from Palawan in the Philippines, but due to the absence of the species in Borneo, it is possible that these were mislabeled or misidentified.
Potanthus pava, commonly known as the Pava dart or yellow dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern India to central China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Pseudocoladenia dan, commonly known as the fulvous pied flat, is an Indomalayan species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from India to southeast Asia.
Tagiades japetus, commonly known as the pied flat or the common snow flat, is a species of spread-winged skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is widely distributed, being found from India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, to Australia. It contains several recognized subspecies.
Hasora, the awls, are a genus of skipper butterflies. Hasora species are found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
Vindula arsinoe, the cruiser, is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. It ranges from the Maluku Islands and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Queensland. It is sexually dimorphic.
Suniana sunias is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Taractrocera luzonensis is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from south-western Burma and northern Thailand through Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines to Sulawesi and neighbouring islands.
Sabera caesina, the white-clubbed swift or black and white swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in Queensland, Papua New Guinea, and in Indonesia in the Aru Islands and Papua.
Allora is a genus of skipper butterflies.
Allora major, the greater peacock awl, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found as several subspecies in New Guinea and adjacent islands, and on Cape York, Australia.
Hasora discolor, the green awl, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found as several subspecies in Australia, the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, the Kei Islands, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.
Telicota ohara, the northern large darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Oriental and Australian Regions, but not on the Pacific islands.
Pachliopta polydorus, the red-bodied swallowtail, is a butterfly from the family Papilionidae found in north-eastern Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Tirumala hamata, the dark tiger, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is distributed from the Philippines to Australia and Pacific oceanic islands such as Samoa. In Australia, the butterflies perform mass migrations to the south in some years. In April 1995, the butterfly made a rare migratory journey to New Zealand, coinciding with the appearance of Hypolimnas bolina on the islands.
Mynes woodfordi is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in and around the Solomon Islands and Bougainville. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1888 and named after British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford, later Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands. The subspecies M. w. shannoni is named after Ray Shannon, who collected the type specimen in Malaita on the Solomons during his military service in 1944.