Hesperia busiris Fabricius, 1793
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Eusemia contigua Walker, 1854
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1700's
Distribution
West Africa?
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Fabricius, J. C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus, Vol. 3.1. Christian Gottlieb Proft, Fil. et Soc., Hafniae.
Other references:
Walker, F. (1854). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. - Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees of the British Museum c/o E. Newman, London.
Zilli, Alberto and Grishin, Nick V. (2018). Unveiling one of the rarest ‘butterflies’ ever (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Noctuidae). Systematic Entomology 44(2): 384-395. [Abstract]