Mellana eulogius (Plötz, 1883) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Mellana eulogius (Plötz, 1883)

Mellana eulogius (Plötz, 1883)

Mellana eulogius (Plötz, 1883), also called Quasimellana eulogius or common mellana, is a grass skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

Family
Genus
Mellana
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Mellana eulogius (Plötz, 1883)

Mellana eulogius (Plötz, 1883) is also known as Quasimellana eulogius, commonly called the common mellana. It is a species of grass skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The MONA (Hodges) number for this species is 4068.

Photo: (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Mellana

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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