Taractrocera ardonia
Encyclopedia
Taractrocera ardonia is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Malaysia, Borneo
(Kalimantan, Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah) and southern Sulawesi
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Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Malaysia, Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
(Kalimantan, Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah) and southern Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
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Subspecies
- Taractrocera ardonia ardonia (Sulawesi and Salayar)
- Taractrocera ardonia sumatrensis Evans, 1926 (Malaysia Peninsula and Borneo).