Pastria pastria

Pastria pastria
Upperside (left), underside (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pastria
Species:
P. pastria
Binomial name
Pastria pastria
Evans, 1949

Pastria pastria is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is widespread in the mountains of New Guinea, including its type locality, the Mambara River on Mount Kaindi in Papua New Guinea. There are no definite records from Western New Guinea.[1]

References

  1. ^ de Jong, Rienk (2008). "Notes on some skippers of the Taractrocera-group (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) from New Guinea". Zoologische Mededelingen. 82 (10): 73–80.