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Shy Saliana

Saliana longirostris

sal-ee-AY-nuh long-ee-ROST-riss

Checklist Number
57.0081

Shy Saliana

Saliana longirostris

sal-ee-AY-nuh long-ee-ROST-riss

Checklist Number
57.0081


A single adult of this South American species was found in Stepney, London in 1937 among banana crates that had arrived from Brazil.

This species was first defined in Sepp (1840) (type locality: Surinam).

 
Family:HesperiidaeLatreille, 1809
Subfamily:HesperiinaeLatreille, 1809
Tribe:  
Genus:SalianaEvans, 1955
Subgenus:  
Species:longirostris(Sepp, [1840])