Aeromachus plumbeola

Aeromachus plumbeola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Aeromachus
Species:
A. plumbeola
Binomial name
Aeromachus plumbeola
(C. & R. Felder, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia plumbeola C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Aeromachus plumbeolus

Aeromachus plumbeola is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Philippines and southern India. It is only half the size of Baracus vittatus, otherwise similar above, in the forewing the basal half (male) or one third (female) is silvery grey (plumbeus), the under surface dusty grey with a brownish tint and lighter small longitudinal spots and rays. Philippines. [2]


References

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  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.