''Allora doleschallii'' (peacock awl) is a
butterfly of the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is found from
Indonesia to the
Solomon Islands,
[Tennent, W.J., 2001: Twenty new butterflies from the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalinae; Satyrinae; Danainae). ''British Journal of Entomology and Natural History'' 14: 1–27.] while subspecies ''Allora doleschallii doleschallii'' is found on the north-east coast of
Australia
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.The name honours
Carl Ludwig Doleschall Carl Ludwig Doleschall ( hu, Doleschall Lajos; sk, Karol Ľudovít Doležal; born 15 July 1827 – died 26 February 1859) was born in Vág-Újhely, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia), as the son of the theolo ...
.
The
wingspan is about .
The larvae feed on ''
Rhyssopterys timorensis''.
Subspecies
*''A. d. albertisi''
(Oberthür, 1880) New Guinea
*''A. d. gazaka''
(Fruhstorfer, 1911) Buru
*''A. d. viridicans''
(Fruhstorfer, 1911) Aru, Key Island
References
External links
Australian Caterpillars
Coeliadinae
Butterflies of Australia
Butterflies described in 1860
Butterflies of Indonesia
Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder
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