| Polytremis pellucida | |
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| Polytremis pellucida | |
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| Polytremis pellucida from Japan, upperside. Mounted specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polytremis |
| Species: | P. pellucida |
| Binomial name | |
| Polytremis pellucida (R. P. Murray, 1875) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Polytremis pellucida is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Polytremis pellucida has a wingspan of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Upperside of the forewings is dark brown, with a row of small white spots and markings. Also the hindwings are dark brown and have four elongate to ovoid white spots.
Larvae of this species feed on plants of the family Poaceae. Among the host plants are reported Miscanthus sinensis , Oryza sativa and some unidentified species of the genera Phragmites and Sasa . [3] [4]
Polytremis pellucida is present in eastern Asia, in the Indomalayan realm and in the Palearctic realm. [3]
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