Thymelicus sylvatica

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Thymelicus

Similar Thymelicus, Lulworth skipper, Essex skipper, Small skipper

Thymelicus sylvatica is an East Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). It is 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. nishimurai Hamada et Fujioka, 1997

References

Thymelicus sylvatica Wikipedia

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