Thoressa varia

Thoressa varia is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the islands of eastern Asia, including the Sakhalin Islands and Kuril Islands, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and north-eastern China. Its Japanese common name kochabane-seseri can be translated as "small brown wing" (ko means "small" and chabane means "brown wings").

Thoressa varia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Thoressa
Species:
T. varia
Binomial name
Thoressa varia
(Murray, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila varia (Murray, 1875)
  • Halpe melancholica (Bryk, 1942)

The length of the forewings is 16–18 mm. Adults are on wing each year from June to July. There are one to two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Sasa kurilensis.


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