Aeromachus inachus

Aeromachus inachus is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae) . It is found in the East Palearctic in Ussuri, Amur, Taiwan, Japan. The larva on feeds on Spodiopogon sibiricus and other Gramineae. There are two or more broods. The larva of this species hibernates.[2]

Aeromachus inachus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Aeromachus
Species:
A. inachus
Binomial name
Aeromachus inachus
Synonyms
  • Pyrgus inachus Ménétriés, 1859
  • Aeromachus inachus ab. extinctus Naritomi, 1941

Subspecies
  • Aeromachus inachus inachus
  • Aeromachus inachus formosanus Matsumura, 1931
  • Aeromachus inachus jiujianganus Murayama

References
  1. Aeromachus, funet.fi
  2. Taro Iwase, 1954 Synopsis of the known life-histories of Japanese butterflies The Lepidopterists' News 1954: 95-100 pdf


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