Lobocla bifasciatus

Lobocla bifasciatus
	Lobocla bifasciatus in Seitz 84b
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Lobocla
Species:	Lobocla bifasciatus
Binomial name
	Lobocla bifasciatus; (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

Lobocla bifasciatus is a small butterfly found in the east Palearctic (Indochina - China - Korea, Ussuri) that belongs to the skippers family (Hesperiidae). The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853.

Description from Seitz

L. bifasciata Brem. (84 b). Wings dull greyish black. The forewing with a transparent white band composed of five spots, which are separated by the veins; it ends before vein 1. The underside of the forewing is greyish lilac before the three apical spots. The hindwing beneath bears three but little prominent bands, the outer margin being dusted with lilac grey before the fringes. The species occurs throughout northern Asia with the exception of the high north: Korea, Amur, northern China.^[2]

References

^ Bremer & Grey, 1853 Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin in Motschulsky, Études d'Entomologie 1: 58-67
^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

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[1] Bremer & Grey, 1853 Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin in Motschulsky, Études d'Entomologie 1: 58-67

[2] Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

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Description from Seitz

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