Telicota mesoptis

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Telicota mesoptis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Telicota
Species:
T. mesoptis
Binomial name
Telicota mesoptis
(Lower, 1911)

Telicota mesoptis, also known as the narrow-brand darter, is a

Kei Islands and Papua New Guinea
.

These butterflies have an average wingspan of about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on

Sorghum verticilliflorum
.

Subspecies

  • Telicota mesoptis mesoptis (Lower, 1911) Lower's grass dart or Lower's darter (northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland, the Aru Islands, the Kei Islands)

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