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Telicota ohara

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Telicota ohara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Telicota
Species:
T. ohara
Binomial name
Telicota ohara
(Plötz, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia ohara Plötz, 1883

Telicota ohara, the northern large darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Oriental and Australian Regions, but not on the Pacific islands.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Flagellaria indica.

Subspecies

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  • Telicota ohara ohara (Plötz, 1883)dark darter (Australia)
  • Telicota ohara formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hong Kong, Taiwan)
  • Telicota ohara jania Evans, 1949 (Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Palawan, Polillo, Samar)
  • Telicota ohara jix (Sikkim, Japan)
  • Telicota ohara vedanga (Java)
  • Telicota ohara jactus (Borneo)
  • Telicota ohara iona (Buru)
  • Telicota ohara ixion (Upper Aroa River)
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