Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Grass Skipper: Taractrocera archias

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I found this beautiful grass skipper in the backyard.

Classification of Taractrocera archias (Grass Skipper)
Natura - nature
Mundus Plinius - physical world
Naturalia - natural bodies
Biota
Domain Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 – eukaryotes (lifeforms with nucletic cells)
Kingdom Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
Infrakingdom Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
Superphylum Panarthropoda Cuvier
Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
Subphylum Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
Infraphylum Atelocerata Heymons, 1901
Superclass Panhexapoda
Epiclass Hexapoda Blainville, 1816
Class Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
Subclass Dicondylia
Infraclass Pterygota - Winged Insects
Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
Subdivision Endopterygota
Superorder Panorpida
Order Lepidoptera C. Linnaeus, 1758 – butterflies and moths
Suborder Glossata
Cohort Myoglossata
Subcohort Neolepidoptera
Infraorder Heteroneura - a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
Division Ditrysia
Section Cossina
Subsection Bombycina
Superfamily Hesperioidea - skippers
Series Hesperiiformes
Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 - skippers
Subfamily Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809 - grass-skippers
Tribe Taractrocerini
Genus Taractrocera Butler, 1870 - grass darts
species Taractrocera archias (C. Felder, 1860)
synonym Pamphila archias C. Felder, 1860

References:
  • taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=202286&tree=0.1
  • www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id650418/
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper_%28butterfly%29
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Camera: Sony Ericsson K800i
Location: Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia

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