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| Hesperilla dirphia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperilla |
| Species: | H. dirphia |
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| Hesperilla dirphia Hewitson, 1868 | |
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Hesperilla dirphia, the dirphia skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the state of Western Australia.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The Caterpillars are a translucent green with white spots, and have a pinkish thorax and tail, and a black head. The adults are dark brown, with cream spots on each fore wing. The males also have a broken black patch on the upper surface of each forewing. The undersides are reddish brown with cream spots, which are black-edged under each hind wing.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1407–1421. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.
- ↑ "Species Hesperilla hopsoni Waterhouse, 1927". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ↑ "Motasingha dirphia".
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