Molo (butterfly)

Molo is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Small (wingspan about 25 millimeters), brown and orange smugglers. These species are quite variable, the species of brown and orange varies widely within a species, some individuals also have white spots instead of orange. As is common in Hesperiini, it is almost impossible to recognize the genus only on the outer appearance.

Molo
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Carystina
Genus: Molo
Godman, 1900

Species

Recognised species in the genus Molo include:

  • Molo mango Guenée, 1865[1]
  • Molo pelta (Evans, 1955)[1]

Former species
  • Molo calcarea Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Psoralis calcarea (Schaus, 1902)
  • Molo visendus (Bell, 1942) - transferred to Psoralis visendus (Bell, 1942)

References
  1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.


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