Ampittia nanus

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Ampittia nanus
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Ampittia nanus in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Palaearctica page 86, line "g"
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ampittia
Species:
A. nanus
Binomial name
Ampittia nanus
(Leech, 1890) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides nanusLeech, 1890

Ampittia nanus is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1890. It is found in China. One of the two marginal rows of spots of the forewing in cellules 5, 6 and 7, or 6, 7 and 8, the other in cellule 2 and 3: no light spot in cellule 4. A spot in the cell near the upper angle ash colour.

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References

  1. Ampittia, funet.fi