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Thymelicus sylvatica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Thymelicus

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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

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