Polytremis pellucida

Polytremis pellucida
	Polytremis pellucida
	Polytremis pellucida from Japan, upperside. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Polytremis
Species:	P. pellucida
Binomial name
	Polytremis pellucida; (R. F. Murray, 1875)
Synonyms
	Pamphila pellucida Murray, 1875; Pamphila quinquepuncta Mabille, 1883; Pamphila sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925;

Polytremis pellucida is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Subspecies

Polytremis pellucida pellucida - Japan, Russia: Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin
Polytremis pellucida quanta Evans, 1949 - China: Guniujiang, Anhui
Polytremis pellucida asahinai Shirozu, 1952 - Taiwan
Polytremis pellucida inexpecta Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 - China: Zhejiang

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Description

Polytremis pellucida has a wingspan of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Upperside of the forewings is dark brown, with a row of small white spots and markings. Also the hindwings are dark brown and have four elongate to ovoid white spots.

Host plants

Larvae of this species feed on plants of the family Poaceae. Among the host plants are reported Miscanthus sinensis, Oryza sativa and some unidentified species of the genera Phragmites and Sasa.^[2]^[3]

Distribution

Polytremis pellucida is present in eastern Asia, in the Indomalayan realm and in the Palearctic realm.^[2]

References

^ Murray, R. F., 1874.Notes on Japanese butterflies with descriptions of new genera and species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 11:166-172.
^ ^a ^b ^c Funet
^ Natural History Museum

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[1] Murray, R. F., 1874.Notes on Japanese butterflies with descriptions of new genera and species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 11:166-172.

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[fb-3] Natural History Museum

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