Oerane microthyrus

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Oerane microthyrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Oerane
Species:
O. microthyrus
Binomial name
Oerane microthyrus
Mabille 1883 [1]
Synonyms
  • Plesioneura microthyrusMabille, 1883
  • Notocrypta neaerade Nicéville, 1891
  • Oerane neaera pusillaFruhstorfer, 1911
  • Oerane drymoMabille, 1913

Oerane microthyrus is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1883 and is found in the Indomalayan realm. [2] The larvae feed on Daemonorops oblongus .

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References

  1. Mabille , 1883 Description d'hespériens Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 27 : li-lxxviii
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9