Isma miosticta
Species of butterfly
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Isma miosticta is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Borneo, Bangka, Sipora and Siberut).[2] The ground colour is brown.The subapical spots are white and the curved row of discal spots are yellow. There is a diffuse spot in space 1b.In females, the spots are generally larger and more quadrate (square-shaped) than in males.
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| Figure 31 from Lionel de Nicéville's 1891 "On New and Little-Known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region" | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Isma |
| Species: | I. miosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Isma miosticta (de Nicéville, [1890])[1] | |
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