Dalla bubobon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Dalla
Species:
D. bubobon
Binomial name
Dalla bubobon
(Dyar, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Butleria bubobon Dyar, 1921

Dalla bubobon is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guerrero, Mexico.

Description

Dorsally, the palpi are mostly black, with a few orange scales. Ventrally, they are yellowish white, with a few black scales. The base of the palpi are surrounded with a row of long black scales that extend almost to the distal tip of each palpus. The antennae are strongly checkered orange and black, with the club being mostly black dorsally, mostly orange ventrally.[2]

References

  1. Dalla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. WARREN, ANDREW D.; Gonzalez-Cota, Lamberto. Rediscovery of Dalla Bubobon in Michoacan, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Heteropterinae). Dept. of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-0999, USA; and Nicolas Bravo # 7, 2°Piso, Col. Centre, Uruapan, Michoacan, C.P. 60000, Mexico. pp. 68–70.


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