''Ochlodes subhyalina'' is an eastern

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

and subfamily

Hesperiinae Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ...

. It is found in Mongolia, Korea, Japan, India, Myanmar and Taiwan. The species was first described by

Otto Vasilievich Bremer Otto Vasilievich Bremer (died 11 November 1873) was a Russian naturalist and entomologist. He wrote: *''Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Nödrlichen China's'' (1853) with Vasilii Fomich Grey (William Grey). *"Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-Sibir ...

and William Grey in 1853.

Subspecies

*''O. s. subhyalina'' (N. China, Japan, Korea) *''O. s. chayuensis'' Huang, 2001 (Tibet) *''O. s. pasca'' Evans, 1949 (Khasi Hills, Assam, Sikkim) *''O. s. formosana'' (Matsumura, 1919) (Taiwan) *''O. s. asahinai'' Shirôzu, 1964 (Yonehara, Ishigaki Is., Yaeyama Group, Ryukyus, Japan)

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