Mimene atropatene

Species of insect

Purple swift

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Genus:  | Mimene
Species:  |

M. atropatene

Binomial name
Mimene atropatene

(Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Synonyms

* Parnara atropatene Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Telesto wollastoni Rothschild, 1915

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
* Australian Faunal Directory: Mimene atropatene

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6862037
* Wikispecies: Mimene atropatene
* AFD: Mimene_atropatene
* BioLib: 683407
* BOLD: 365175
* CoL: 73K6R
* EoL: 183987
* GBIF: 1945910
* iNaturalist: 490298
* IRMNG: 10864531
* LepIndex: 185162
* NCBI: 1375203

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