Mimene atropatene
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Species: | M. atropatene
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Mimene atropatene (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
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Mimene atropatene, the purple swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland, as well as on the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
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Categories:
- Hesperiinae
- Butterflies of Asia
- Butterflies of Australia
- Butterflies of Indonesia
- Lepidoptera of New Guinea
- Lepidoptera of Papua New Guinea
- Natural history of the Aru Islands
- Insects of Queensland
- Insects of Southeast Asia
- Insects of Western New Guinea
- Butterflies described in 1911
- Hesperiinae stubs