Aeromachus pygmaeus
| Pygmy Grass-hopper | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Aeromachus |
| Species: | A. pygmaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775) | |
The Pygmy Scrub-hopper or Pygmy Grass-hopper (Aeromachus pygmaeus) is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.The species range is Nilgiris, Wynaad, Coorg, Kanara, Assam to Burma, Thailand.
The larvae feed on Ischaemum indicum.[1]
References
- ↑ Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions of the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 235–238.
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