Taractrocera luzonensis
Encyclopedia
Taractrocera luzonensis is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from south-western Burma and northern Thailand
through Malaysia, Sumatra
, Borneo
and the Philippines
to Sulawesi
and neighbouring islands.
The length of the forewings is 10.1-12.1 mm.
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 from south-western Burma and northern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
through Malaysia, Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
, 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....
and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
to 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...
and neighbouring islands.
The length of the forewings is 10.1-12.1 mm.
Subspecies
- Taractrocera luzonensis luzonensis (the Philippines)
- Taractrocera luzonensis zenia Evans, 1934 (southern Burma, southern Thailand)
- Taractrocera luzonensis tissara Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Sumatra and islands to the west)
- Taractrocera luzonensis stella Evans, 1934 (Borneo and nearby islands)
- Taractrocera luzonensis dongola Evans, 1932 (Sulawesi and Sula Archipelago)
- Taractrocera luzonensis bessa Evans, 1949 (islands to the south of Sulawesi (Salayar, Tukanbesi, Tanahjampea) and probably also in southern Sulawesi)