Sabera metallica

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Sabera metallica
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Upperside (left), underside (right)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sabera
Species:
S. metallica
Binomial name
Sabera metallica
de Jong, 2008

Sabera metallica is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Papua on New Guinea.

The length of the forewings is about 15.5 mm.


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