Xanthodisca

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Xanthodisca
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Xanthodisca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Xanthodisca
Aurivillius, [1925] [1]

Xanthodisca is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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References

  1. Xanthodisca at funet.fi