Tagiades parra

Tagiades parra
Tagiades parra parra from Mindanao, Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Tagiades
Species: T. parra
Binomial name
Tagiades parra
Fruhstorfer, 1910
Synonyms[1]
  • Tagiades gana parra Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades naxos Evans, 1949

Tagiades parra is a species of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the genus Tagiades. It is found from Sikkim and Assam to Indochina and all throughout maritime Southeast Asia. The species was first described by the German entomologist Hans Fruhstorfer in 1910 as a subspecies of Tagiades gana. The type specimens were collected from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The species name is from Latin parra, a supernatural bird (usually an owl or a crow) bringing ill omen.[2]

It has since been recognized as a separate species and four subspecies are included under it:[1][3][4]

Tagiades parra can be distinguished from other species of Tagiades by the absence of hyaline spots in space 11 over the cell spot, and spaces 2 and 3 in the forewings. A dark spot on space 6 on the upper side of the hindwing is closer to the edges (termen) than to the origin of vein 7. The hind tibiae of males also lack hair pencils.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 Markku Savela. "Tagiades Hübner, 1819". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  2. Hans Fruhstorfer (1910). "Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 25 (3): 58104.
  3. 1 2 Rienk de Jong & Colin Guy Treadaway (1993). "The Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines". Zoologische Verhandelingen 288: 3125.
  4. "Tagiades parra". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved August 24, 2012.


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