Artitropa milleri

Artitropa milleri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Artitropa
Species:
A. milleri
Binomial name
Artitropa milleri
Riley, 1925

Artitropa milleri is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Kenya.

The larvae feed on Dracaena usambarensis, Dracaena laxissima and Dracaena mannii.

Subspecies

  • Artitropa milleri milleri (western Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia)
  • Artitropa milleri coryndon Evans, 1937 (Kenya: central and eastern highlands)

References

  1. ^ Artitropa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae