Oerane microthyrus is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1883 and is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] The larvae feed on Calamus oblongus (syn. Daemonorops oblonga).

Oerane microthyrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Oerane
Species:
O. microthyrus
Binomial name
Oerane microthyrus
Synonyms
  • Plesioneura microthyrus Mabille, 1883
  • Notocrypta neaera de Nicéville, 1891
  • Oerane neaera pusilla Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • Oerane drymo Mabille, 1913

Subspecies

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  • O. m. microthyrus - (Malaysia to the Philippines)
  • O. m. neaera (de Nicéville, 1891) - (Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Banka, Java)

References

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  1. ^ Mabille, 1883 Description d'hespériens Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 27 : li-lxxviii
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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