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Polytremis pellucida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Genus
  
Polytremis

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Pelopidas mathias, Parnara guttata, Potanthus flavus, Thoressa varia, Leptalina unicolor

polytremis pellucida


Polytremis pellucida is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

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Subspecies

  • Polytremis pellucida pellucida - Japan, Russia: Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin
  • Polytremis pellucida quanta Evans, 1949 - China: Guniujiang, Anhui
  • Polytremis pellucida asahinai Shirozu, 1952 - Taiwan
  • Polytremis pellucida inexpecta Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 - China: Zhejiang

    • Description

    Polytremis pellucida has a wingspan of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Upperside of the forewings is dark brown, with a row of small white spots and markings. Also the hindwings are dark brown and have four elongate to ovoid white spots.

    Host plants

    Larvae of this species feed on plants of the family Poaceae. Among the host plants are reported Miscanthus sinensis, Oryza sativa and some unidentified species of the genera Phragmites and Sasa.

    Distribution

    Polytremis pellucida is present in eastern Asia, in the Indo-Malayan region and in the Palearctic ecozone.

    References

    Polytremis pellucida Wikipedia
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