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