Arrhenes marnas

Arrhenes marnas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Taractrocerini
Genus: Arrhenes
Species: A. marnas
Binomial name
Arrhenes marnas
(Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Arrhenes dipavansa (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  • Arrhenes simillima (Rothschild, 1916)
  • Pamphila marnas Felder, 1860
  • Ocybadistes affinis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1912

The Affinis Skipper or Swamp Darter (Arrhenes marnas) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Queensland to Papua.

The larvae feed on Leesia hexandra.

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