''Felicena dirpha'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

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 in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

Subspecies

*''Felicena dirpha dirpha'' *''Felicena dirpha albicilla'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1917) (New Guinea) *''Felicena dirpha nota'' Evans, 1949

External links

Insects of Papua New Guinea''Felicena dirpha nota'' image
Trapezitinae Butterflies described in 1832 {{Hesperiidae-stub