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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
HESPEROIDEA
(skippers)
Thymelicus
(a genus of skipper butterflies)
Thymelicus acteon
(Lulworth Skipper)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Thymelicus acteon Rottemburg, 1775 (Lulworth Skipper)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bourn, N., Thomas, J., Stewart, K. & Clarke, R., 2002 (Colour photographs of larva, habitat and adult) Importance of habitat quality and isolation

Thymelicus acteon may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 HESPEROIDEA
(skippers)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Thymelicus acteon:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe vulgaris - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Thymelicus acteon may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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