Ochlodes ochracea

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Ochlodes ochracea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ochlodes
Species:
O. ochracea
Binomial name
Ochlodes ochracea
(Bremer, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila ochraceaBremer, 1861
  • Pamphila rikuchinaButler, 1878

Ochlodes ochracea is a Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). It is found in Amur, Southeast China and Japan.

The larva feeds on Carex , Calamagrostis and Brachypodium species.

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References

  1. Ochlodes, funet.fi