Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Hesperiidae → subfamily Hesperiinae → tribe Gegenini → genus Borbo → species Borbo borbonica

Species name(s)

Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833) = Hesperia borbonica Boisduval, 1833 = Hesperia borbonica zelleri Lederer, 1855 = Pamphila borbonica-Holli Oberthür, 1910 = Borbo zelleri = Parnara continentalis Strand, 1912 = Hesperia senegalensis Klug, 1842. [9, 10, 187]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Spain. [1].
Spain (mainland). [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].

Subspecies of Borbo borbonica

Borbo borbonica borbonica. [9]
B. b. morella (de Joannis, 1893). [9]
B. b. zelleri Lederer, 1855. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org