''Taractrocera archias'' 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 in mainland south-eastern Asia (
Burma,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
Malaysia),
Java and
Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up t ...
(east to
Timor and
Kisar
Kisar, also known as ''Yotowawa'', is a small island in the Southwestern Moluccas in Indonesia, located to the northeast of Timor Island. Most of the island is included within the Southernmost Islands District ('' Kecamatan Pulau Pulau Terselata ...
).
Subspecies
*''Taractrocera archias archias'' (Java, Bali and Banka)
*''Taractrocera archias samadha''
Fruhstorfer, 1910 (northern Burma)
*''Taractrocera archias quinta''
Swinhoe, 1913 (from Burma to Indochina and Malaya)
*''Taractrocera archias kisaga''
Frustorfer, 1910 (Lesser Sunda Islands)
*''Taractrocera archias bavius''
Mabille, 1891 (Lesser Sunda Islands)
External links
Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Taractrocera Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), an example of Southeast Asian-Australian interchangeA note on three species of Taractrocera Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Taractrocerini
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies described in 1860
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
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