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Tagiades insularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Tagiades
Species:
T. insularis
Binomial name
Tagiades insularis
Mabille, 1876 [1]

Tagiades insularis is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. [2] The habitat consists of forests, forest margins and anthropogenic environments.

Subspecies

  • Tagiades insularis insularis (Madagascar)
  • Tagiades insularis grandis Evans, 1937 (Comoro Islands: Grand Comore, Moheli and Anjouan)
  • Tagiades insularis mayotta Evans, 1937 (Comoro Islands: Mayotte)

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