Taractrocera archias

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Taractrocera archias
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Domain: Eukaryota
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).

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