Typhedanus crameri

Typhedanus crameri is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, native to Central America and Suriname.[1] It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777 using the name Papilio orion, which was preoccupied (see Scolitantides orion). A replacement name honouring Cramer was designated in 1960.

Typhedanus crameri
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Typhedanus
Species:
T. crameri
Binomial name
Typhedanus crameri
McHenry, 1960
Synonyms
  • Papilio orion Cramer, 1777
    (preocc. Pallas, 1771)

Description

Upper side. Antennae black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark olive brown. Anterior wings having a small narrow transparent white line crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners, intersected by the brown tendons of the wings. Posterior wings terminating in two white, short, and broad tails.

Under side. Palpi white. Breast, abdomen, and wings coloured as on the upper side; the posterior differing merely in having their outward edges bordered with white. Wing-span 2 inches (50 mm).[2]

References
  1. Funet
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. pp. 23-24. pl. XVII.


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