Thymelicus sylvatica
Species of butterfly
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Thymelicus sylvatica is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). The species can be found in Amur, Ussuri, southwest China, Korea, and Japan.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Thymelicus |
| Species: | T. sylvatica |
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The larva feeds on Calamagrostis, Bromus, Agropyron, Brachypodium, Carex.
Subspecies
- T. s. sylvatica
- T. s. astigmatus (Leech, 1894) (Chang Yang)
- T. s. teneprosus (Leech, 1894)
- T. s. occidentalis (Leech, 1894) (Ta Chien Lou)
- T. s. nishimurai Hamada et Fujioka, 1997
