Taractrocera ardonia

Taractrocera ardonia
Danum Valley, Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Taractrocerini
Genus:	Taractrocera
Species:	T. ardonia
Binomial name
Taractrocera ardonia (Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
Ancyloxipha ardonia Hewitson, 1868 Taractrocera sumatrensis Evans, 1949

Taractrocera ardonia is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Malaysia, Borneo (Kalimantan, Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah) and southern Sulawesi.

Subspecies

• Taractrocera ardonia ardonia (Sulawesi and Salayar)
• Taractrocera ardonia sumatrensis Evans, 1926 (Malaysia Peninsula and Borneo).

External links

• Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Taractrocera Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), an example of Southeast Asian-Australian interchange