''Taractrocera luzonensis'' 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 south-western
Burma and northern
Thailand through
Malaysia,
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
,
Borneo and the
Philippines to
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
and neighbouring islands.
The length of the forewings is 10.1-12.1 mm.
Subspecies
*''Taractrocera luzonensis luzonensis'' (the Philippines)
*''Taractrocera luzonensis zenia''
Evans, 1934 (southern Burma, southern Thailand)
*''Taractrocera luzonensis tissara''
Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Sumatra and islands to the west)
*''Taractrocera luzonensis stella''
Evans, 1934 (Borneo and nearby islands)
*''Taractrocera luzonensis dongola''
Evans, 1932 (Sulawesi and Sula Archipelago)
*''Taractrocera luzonensis bessa''
Evans, 1949 (islands to the south of Sulawesi (Salayar, Tukanbesi, Tanahjampea) and probably also in southern Sulawesi)
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 described in 1889
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