Pelopidas
Millet Skippers
Andrew V. Z. Brower- Pelopidas agna
- Pelopidas assamensis
- Pelopidas conjuncta
- Pelopidas flava
- Pelopidas jansonis
- Pelopidas lyelli
- Pelopidas mathias
- Pelopidas sinensis
- Pelopidas subochracea
- Pelopidas thrax
Introduction
A widespread Old World tropical genus, ranging from Africa to Australia and the Solomon Islands.References
Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
de Jong, R. & Treadaway, C. G. 2007 Hesperiidae of the Philippine Islands. In Butterflies of the World, Supplement 15 (ed. E. Bauer & T. Frankenbach), pp. 1-72. Keltern: Goecke & Elvers.
Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.
Vane-Wright RI, and de Jong R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 1-267.
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Scientific Name | Pelopidas assamensis |
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Location | Sha Lo Wan, Outlying Islands, Hong Kong |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | 印度谷弄蝶 Great Swift (Pelopidas assamensis) |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2007 cHuEn@HK |
Scientific Name | Pelopidas agna |
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Location | Taiwan |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | 尖翅褐弄蝶 Pelopidas agna (Moore 1866) |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2008 ashung |
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