Hesperia florinda

Hesperia florinda is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). It is found in the East Palearctic in Transbaikalia to Korea, Amur, Ussuri and Japan. The larva feeds on Carex. There is a single broods. The egg hibernates.[2] Hesperia florinda was previously a subspecies of Hesperia comma.

Hesperia florinda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hesperia
Species:
H. florinda
Binomial name
Hesperia florinda
(Butler, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila florinda Butler, 1878
  • Pamphila mikado Leech, 1895
  • Pamphila repugnans Staudinger, 1892

Subspecies
  • Hesperia florinda florinda
  • Hesperia florinda rozhkovi Kurentzov, 1970 (Transbaikalia)

References
  1. Hesperia, 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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