Arnetta verones

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Sumatran bob
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Arnetta
Species:
A. verones
Binomial name
Arnetta verones
(Hewitson, 1878) [1]
Synonyms
  • Astictopterus veronesHewitson, 1878
  • Arnetta kalaEvans, 1932

Arnetta verones, the Sumatran bob, [2] is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1878.

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Description

Very similar to Koruthaialos sindu (C. & R. Felder, 1860) but lacking the red of that species. [3]

Distribution

It is found in Malaysia and on Borneo and Sumatra.

References

  1. Arnetta, funet.fi
  2. "Arnetta verones - ZipcodeZoo". zipcodezoo.com. Retrieved 2017-04-16.[ dead link ]
  3. Seitz, A. Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln