Biology:Ge (skipper)

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Ge geta
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Ge
de Nicéville, 1895[1]
Species:
G. geta
Binomial name
Ge geta
de Nicéville, 1895

Ge is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is monotypic, containing the single species Ge geta, described in the same publication, and is found in Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Batoe, Java, Burma, Thailand, Langkawi and Malaya.

References

  1. de Nicéville, 1895 "On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region" Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 9 (3): 259-321, pl. N-Q, (4): 366-410

Wikidata ☰ Q5529416 entry