Tagiades tethys

Tagiades tethys is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern Asia, including the Amur region, southern Ussuri, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. The wingspan is about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). The larvae feed on various plants, including Quercus mongolica, Dioscorea nipponica, Dioscorea butatas, Dioscorea japonica and Dioscorea japonica var. pseudojaponica.

Tagiades tethys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Tagiades
Species:	T. tethys
Binomial name
Tagiades tethys (Ménétries, 1857)
Synonyms
Pyrgus tethys Ménétries, 1857 Daimio lineata Mabille & Boullet, 1916 Daimio_tethys (Ménétries, 1857)

Subspecies

• Tagiades tethys tethys
• Tagiades tethys birmana (Yunnan)
• Tagiades tethys daiseni (Japan)
• Tagiades tethys roona
• Tagiades tethys moori
• Tagiades tethys niitakana

External links

• Japanese Hesperiidae