Arrhenes marnas

Arrhenes marnas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Arrhenes
Species:
A. marnas
Binomial name
Arrhenes marnas
(Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Arrhenes dipavansa (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  • Arrhenes simillima (Rothschild, 1916)
  • Pamphila marnas Felder, 1860
  • Ocybadistes affinis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1912

Arrhenes marnas, the affinis skipper or swamp darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species was described by Felder in 1860. It is found from Queensland to Papua.

The larvae feed on Leesia hexandra.

Subspecies

  • Arrhenes marnas marnas
  • Arrhenes marnas affinis (north-east coastal strip of Queensland)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.