Biology:Ampittia dalailama

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Ampittia dalailama
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Ampittia dalailama in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Palaearctica, page 87 line "e"
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ampittia
Species:
A. dalailama
Binomial name
Ampittia dalailama
(Mabille, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides dalailama Mabille, 1876
  • Taractrocera lyde Leech, 1891

Ampittia dalailama is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1876. It is found in Tibet and western China. Hindwing beneath brown, densely dusted with yellow scales, with three yellow spots near the base and a postmedian as well as a subterminal row of yellow dots; the postmedian spots of cellules 3 and 4 are placed near the centre of these cellules and cover their whole breadth.

Subspecies

  • Ampittia dalailama dalailama
  • Ampittia dalailama jesta Evans, 1939 (China)

References

  1. Ampittia, funet.fi

Wikidata ☰ Q4748454 entry