Thymelicus sylvatica

Thymelicus sylvatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Thymelicus
Species:	T. sylvatica
Binomial name
Thymelicus sylvatica (Bremer, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
Pamphila sylvaticaBremer, 1861 Adopaea astigmataLeech, 1894 Adopaea occidentalisLeech, 1894 Adopaea teneprosaLeech, 1894

Thymelicus sylvatica is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). The species can be found in Amur, Ussuri, southwest China, Korea, and Japan.

The larva feeds on Calamagrostis , Bromus , Agropyron , Brachypodium , Carex .

Subspecies

• T. s. sylvatica
• T. s. astigmatus(Leech, 1894) (Chang Yang)
• T. s. teneprosus(Leech, 1894)
• T. s. occidentalis(Leech, 1894) (Ta Chien Lou)
• T. s. nishimuraiHamada et Fujioka, 1997

References

1. Thymelicus, funet.fi