Rachelia extrusus

Rachelia extrusus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Rachelia
Species: R. extrusus
Binomial name
Rachelia extrusus
C. & R. Felder, 1867
Synonyms
  • Eudamus extrusus
  • Trapezites icosia
  • Protogenes affinis
  • Mimas basalis
  • Rachelia icosia (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  • Rachelia extrusa

Rachelia extrusus, the blue-flash skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found along the coast of New Guinea and Cape York in the far north of Australia.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Flagellaria indica.


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