Tagiades menaka
Tagiades menaka, commonly known as the spotted snow flat or the dark-edged snow flat, is a species of spread-winged skipper butterflies. It contains three subspecies.[1]
- Tagiades menaka manis
- Tagiades menaka mantra Evans, 1934
- Tagiades menaka menaka Evans, 1934
Spotted snow flat | |
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In Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Tagiades |
Species: | T. menaka |
Binomial name | |
Tagiades menaka (Moore, 1867) | |
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T. m. vajuna from Kanara, India has been transferred to the species Tagiades litigiosa. T. m. var. formosana and T. m. var. cohaerens of southern China and Taiwan, has been reclassified as Tagiades cohaerens.[1][2]
References
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- Markku Savela. "Tagiades Hübner, 1819". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- Yu-Feng Hsu; Hideyuki Chiba; Ying-Chuan Yang; Hiroshi Tsukiyama; Ping-Shih Yang & Shou-Ming Wang (2006). "A Taxonomic Review of the Taiwanese Skippers Described by Shonen Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 45 (3): 322–338.
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