Pelopidas agna
| Dark branded swift | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pelopidas |
| Species: | P. agna |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1865) | |
Pelopidas agna, the obscure branded swift or dark branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Description
In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson wrote:
Upperside glossy olive-brown; forewing with a series of six very small rather indistinct whitish semi-transparent spots curving from before the apex to the middle of the wing; beneath these is a short oblique pale impressed streak, which is suffused with black on its anterior margin. Cilia pale brown. Underside pale brown; spots on forewing as above but less defined; hindwing with a curved discal series of white dots and a single dot near the base. Palpi and body beneath pale brownish-yellow.— E. Y. Watson[1]
Gallery
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References
- ↑ Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae Indicae: Descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma and Ceylon. Vest and Co. Madras. [Under Chapra agna]
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