Artitropa milleri

Artitropa milleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Artitropa
Species:
A. milleri
Binomial name
Artitropa milleri
Riley, 1925[1]

Artitropa milleri is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Kenya.[2]

The larvae feed on Dracaena usambarensis, Dracaena laxissima and Dracaena mannii.

Subspecies

  • Artitropa milleri milleri (western Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia)
  • Artitropa milleri coryndon Evans, 1937 (Kenya: central and eastern highlands)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Artitropa milleri.
  1. ^ Artitropa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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