''Taractrocera trikora'' 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 only known from the area around
Lake Habbema
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in
New Guinea.
The habitat at the type locality consists of moorland, fens and sparse coniferous forest, and high mountain
moss forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, Montane forest, montane, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist forest cha ...
s.
The length of the forewings is 9.6-11.8 mm.
External links
Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Taractrocera Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), an example of Southeast Asian-Australian interchange
Taractrocerini
Butterflies described in 2004
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