Oerane

Oerane microthyrus is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae and the only species in the genus Oerane. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1883. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] The larva feeds on Daemonorops oblongus.

Oerane
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Oerane

Elwes & Edwards, 1897
Species:
O. microthyrus
Binomial name
Oerane microthyrus
Synonyms
  • Plesioneura microthyrus Mabille, 1883
  • Notocrypta neaera de Nicéville, 1891
  • Oerane neaera pusilla Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • Oerane drymo Mabille, 1913

Subspecies
  • O. m. microthyrus (Malaysia to the Philippines)
  • O. m. neaera (de Nicéville, 1891) (Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Banka, Java)

References
  1. Mabille , 1883 Description d'hespériens Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 27 : li-lxxviii
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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