Aeromachus is a genus of butterflies from the family of thickheaded .
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 Aeromachus inachus | ||||||||||||
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| Aeromachus de Nicéville , 1890 |
Description
Butterflies are small in size. Wingspan of representatives of the genus 22-30 mm. The wings on the upper side are dark brown or dark brown with a light fringe. The postdiscal row of light translucent spots on the fore wings is continuous. The hind wings on the upper side are usually devoid of a pattern. The front wings are always with translucent spots that form a postdiscal band. The underside of the hind wings with a pattern that is formed by light veins and white or yellow spots [1] .
Butterflies are confined to grassy slopes with rock outcrops, sparse forests, meadow landscapes, light forests.
Systematics
The genus includes about 18 species, common in East and Southeast Asia [1] . 1 species ( Aeromachus inachus ) lives on the territory of Russia [1] .
- Aeromachus bandaishanus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1973
- Aeromachus catocyanea (Mabille, 1879)
- Aeromachus cognatus Inoue & Kawazoe, 1966
- Aeromachus dubius Elwes & Edwards, 1897
- Aeromachus inachus (Ménétriés, 1859)
- Aeromachus jhora (de Nicéville, 1885)
- Aeromachus kali (de Nicéville, 1885)
- Aeromachus matsudai Murayama, 1943
- Aeromachus monstrabilus Huang, 2003
- Aeromachus muscus (Mabille, 1876)
- Aeromachus piceus Leech, 1894
- Aeromachus plumbeola (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
- Aeromachus propinquus Alphéraky, 1897
- Aeromachus pseudojhora Lee, 1962
- Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Aeromachus skola Evans, 1943
- Aeromachus spuria Evans, 1943
- Aeromachus stigmata (Moore, 1878)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Key to insects of the Far East of Russia. T. V. Caddis flies and lepidopterans. Part 5 / under the general. ed. P.A. Lera . - Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2005 .-- 575 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-8044-0597-7 .