Thymelicus sylvatica

Thymelicus sylvatica is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). It is found in Amur, Ussuri, Southwest China, Korea, and Japan

Thymelicus sylvatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Thymelicus
Species:
T. sylvatica
Binomial name
Thymelicus sylvatica
(Bremer , 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila sylvatica Bremer, 1861
  • Adopaea astigmata Leech, 1894
  • Adopaea occidentalis Leech, 1894
  • Adopaea teneprosa Leech, 1894

The larva feeds on Calamagrostis, Bromus, Agropyron, Brachypodium, Carex

Subspecies
  • T. s. sylvatica
  • T. s. astigmatus (Leech, 1894) (Chang Yang)
  • T. s. teneprosus (Leech, 1894)
  • T. s. occidentalis (Leech, 1894) (Ta Chien Lou)
  • T. s. nishimurai Hamada et Fujioka, 1997

References
  1. Thymelicus , funet.fi


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