Thymelicus sylvatica is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). The species can be found in Amur, Ussuri, southwest China, Korea, and Japan.

Thymelicus sylvatica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Thymelicus
Species:
T. sylvatica
Binomial name
Thymelicus sylvatica
(Bremer, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila sylvatica Bremer, 1861
  • Adopaea astigmata Leech, 1894
  • Adopaea occidentalis Leech, 1894
  • Adopaea teneprosa Leech, 1894

The larva feeds on Calamagrostis, Bromus, Agropyron, Brachypodium, Carex.

Subspecies

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  • T. s. sylvatica
  • T. s. astigmatus (Leech, 1894) (Chang Yang)
  • T. s. teneprosus (Leech, 1894)
  • T. s. occidentalis (Leech, 1894) (Ta Chien Lou)
  • T. s. nishimurai Hamada et Fujioka, 1997

References

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  1. ^ Thymelicus , funet.fi