Daimio tethys

Daimio tethys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Daimio
Species:	D. beata
Binomial name
	Daimio tethys; (Ménétries, 1857)
Synonyms
	Pyrgus tethys Ménétries, 1857; Daimio lineata Mabille & Boullet, 1916;

Daimio tethys is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern Asia, including the Amur region, southern Ussuri, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. The wingspan is about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). The larvae feed on various plants, including Quercus mongolica, , , Dioscorea japonica and Dioscorea japonica var. pseudojaponica.

Subspecies[]

Daimio tethys tethys
Daimio tethys birmana (Yunnan)
Daimio tethys daiseni (Japan)
Daimio tethys roona
Daimio tethys moori
Daimio tethys niitakana

External links[]

Japanese Hesperiidae

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