| Ploetzia | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: |
Ploetzia Saalmüller, 1884 |
| Species: | P. amygdalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ploetzia amygdalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Genus:
Species:
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Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar. [2] The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.
Wikispecies has information related to
Ploetzia.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Ploetzia.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 79
| Ploetzia | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: |
Ploetzia Saalmüller, 1884 |
| Species: | P. amygdalis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Ploetzia amygdalis | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Genus:
Species:
| |
Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar. [2] The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.
Wikispecies has information related to
Ploetzia.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Ploetzia.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 79