Muschampia gigas is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (East China - Amurland.) that belongs to the skippers family.
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| Muschampia gigas in Seitz 85f | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Muschampia |
| Species: | M. gigas
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Description from Seitz
editH. gigas Brem. (85 f). Upperside of the wings blackish grey. Size considerable, 48 to 50 mm. Ground of wings black. The white spots small. Female black, with the spots small and but little numerous. The hindwing black, ab. minor ab. nov. has only the size of tessellum and all the spots well developed. From Amurland.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bremer, 1864 Lepidopteren Ost-Sibiriens, insbesondere der Amur-Landes, gesammelt von den Herren G. Radde, R. Maack und P. Wulffius Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. (7) 8 (1) : 1-104, pl. 1-8
- ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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