Allora doleschallii
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Allora |
Species: | A. doleschallii
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Binomial name | |
Allora doleschallii (C. Felder, 1860)[1]
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Allora doleschallii (peacock awl) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomon Islands,[2] while subspecies Allora doleschallii doleschallii is found on the north-east coast of Australia.The name honours Carl Ludwig Doleschall.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on Rhyssopterys timorensis.
Subspecies[]
- A. d. albertisi (Oberthür, 1880) New Guinea
- A. d. gazaka (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Buru
- A. d. viridicans (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Aru, Key Island
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Categories:
- Coeliadinae
- Butterflies of Australia
- Butterflies described in 1860
- Butterflies of Indonesia
- Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
- Hesperiidae stubs