| Tagiades parra | |
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| Tagiades parra parra from Mindanao, Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Tagiades |
| Species: | T. parra |
| Binomial name | |
| Tagiades parra Fruhstorfer, 1910 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Tagiades parra is a species of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the genus Tagiades . It is found from Sikkim and Assam to Indochina and all throughout maritime Southeast Asia. The species was first described by the German entomologist Hans Fruhstorfer in 1910 as a subspecies of Tagiades gana . The type specimens were collected from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The species name is from Latin parra, a supernatural bird (usually an owl or a crow) bringing ill omen. [2]
It has since been recognized as a separate species and four subspecies are included under it: [1] [3] [4]
- Tagiades parra galaEvans, 1949
- Tagiades parra naxosEvans, 1949
- Tagiades parra niasanaMabille & Boullet, 1916
- Tagiades parra parraFruhstorfer, 1910
Tagiades parra can be distinguished from other species of Tagiades by the absence of hyaline spots in space 11 over the cell spot, and spaces 2 and 3 in the forewings. A dark spot on space 6 on the upper side of the hindwing is closer to the edges (termen) than to the origin of vein 7. The hind tibiae of males also lack hair pencils. [3]
