Metardaris cosinga (Hewitson, 1874) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Metardaris cosinga (Hewitson, 1874)
Metardaris cosinga is the only species in the monotypic Neotropical firetip genus Metardaris, found in Bolivia and Peru, with larvae eaten as a delicacy in Peru.
Metardaris is a Neotropical genus of firetips belonging to the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. This genus is monotypic, meaning it contains only one species: Metardaris cosinga, which was first described by Hewitson in 1874. The species is found in Bolivia and Peru. In Peru, local people refer to the larvae of M. cosinga as Huaytampo, and consider these larvae a delicacy.
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