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Lobocla bifasciatus

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Lobocla bifasciatus
Lobocla bifasciatus in Seitz 84b
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lobocla
Species:
L. bifasciatus
Binomial name
Lobocla bifasciatus
(Bremer & Grey, 1853) [1]

Lobocla bifasciatus is a small species of butterfly found in the eastern Palearctic (Indochina - China - Korea, Ussuri) that belongs to the skipper family Hesperiidae.

Description from Seitz

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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]

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References

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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)