Telicota ohara, the northern large darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Oriental and Australian Regions, but not on the Pacific islands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Telicota |
| Species: | T. ohara
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| Telicota ohara (Plötz, 1883)
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Flagellaria indica.
Subspecies
edit- Telicota ohara ohara (Plötz, 1883) – dark darter (Australia)
- Telicota ohara formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hong Kong, Taiwan)
- Telicota ohara jania Evans, 1949 (Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Palawan, Polillo, Samar)
- Telicota ohara jix (Sikkim, Japan)
- Telicota ohara vedanga (Java)
- Telicota ohara jactus (Borneo)
- Telicota ohara iona (Buru)
- Telicota ohara ixion (Upper Aroa River)
External links
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