Aeromachus dalailama
Species of butterfly
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Aeromachus dalailama is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1876. It is found in Tibet and western China.
| Aeromachus dalailama | |
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| "Ampittia dalailama" in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Palaearctica, page 87 line "e" | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Ampittia |
| Species: | A. dalailama |
| Binomial name | |
| Ampittia dalailama | |
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Description
Hindwing beneath brown, densely dusted with yellow scales, with three yellow spots near the base and a postmedian as well as a subterminal row of yellow dots; the postmedian spots of cellules 3 and 4 are placed near the centre of these cellules and cover their whole breadth.
Subspecies
- Aeromachus dalailama dalailama (Mabille, 1876) China
- Aeromachus dalailama jesta (Evans, 1939) Tibet, China
