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Mimene atropatene
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| Purple swift | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Mimene |
| Species: | M. atropatene
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimene atropatene (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
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Mimene atropatene, the purple swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland, as well as on the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
External links
[edit]- Australian Insects: Mimene atropatene. Archived 2011-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Australian Faunal Directory: Mimene atropatene
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