''Tagiades trebellius'' is a butterfly in 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 ...

(subfamily Pyrginae).

Subspecies

*''T. t. trebellius'' (Sulawesi) *''T. t. sem'' Mabille, 1883 (Sangihe, Talaud) *''T. t. martinus'' Plötz, 1884 (Japan) *''T. t. mitra'' Mabille, 1895 (Sula Islands) ''Tagiades trebellius martinus'' larvae feed on ''

Dioscorea ''Dioscorea'' is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending ...

'' ''alata'', ''D. cirrhosa'' (Dioscoreaceae).Taro Iwase , 1964 Recent foodplant records of the Loochooan butterflies ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 1964:105-109

References

Tagiades Butterflies described in 1874 Taxa named by Carl Heinrich Hopffer Butterflies of Asia {{Pyrginae-stub