Taractrocera archias

Taractrocera archias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Taractrocera
Species:	T. archias
Binomial name
Taractrocera archias (Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
Pamphila archiasC. Felder, 1860

Taractrocera archias is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in mainland south-eastern Asia (Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia), Java and Lesser Sunda Islands (east to Timor and Kisar).

Subspecies

• Taractrocera archias archias (Java, Bali and Banka)
• Taractrocera archias samadhaFruhstorfer, 1910 (northern Burma)
• Taractrocera archias quintaSwinhoe, 1913 (from Burma to Indochina and Malaya)
• Taractrocera archias kisagaFrustorfer, 1910 (Lesser Sunda Islands)
• Taractrocera archias baviusMabille, 1891 (Lesser Sunda Islands)

External links

• Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Taractrocera Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), an example of Southeast Asian-Australian interchange
• A note on three species of Taractrocera Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)