Purple swift | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Mimene |
Species: | M. atropatene |
Binomial name | |
Mimene atropatene (Fruhstorfer, 1911) | |
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Mimene atropatene, the purple swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland, as well as on the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea.
Its wingspan is about 40 mm.