Philippine swift | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Caltoris |
Species: | C. philippina
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Binomial name | |
Caltoris philippina (
Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
Baoris seriata Moore, 1881 |
Caltoris philippina, the Philippine swift, [2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. [3]
Wings more elongate and termen forewing excavate at end of vein 2. Uncus broader: valva not projecting beyond cuiller. Upperside of forewing spotted. Upperside of forewing with a spot in space 1b. Upperside of forewing without cell spots. Underside of hindwing with olive green scaling. Forewing: 18-20 mm.
— William Harry Evans, A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum [3]
Philippine swift | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Caltoris |
Species: | C. philippina
|
Binomial name | |
Caltoris philippina (
Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
Baoris seriata Moore, 1881 |
Caltoris philippina, the Philippine swift, [2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. [3]
Wings more elongate and termen forewing excavate at end of vein 2. Uncus broader: valva not projecting beyond cuiller. Upperside of forewing spotted. Upperside of forewing with a spot in space 1b. Upperside of forewing without cell spots. Underside of hindwing with olive green scaling. Forewing: 18-20 mm.
— William Harry Evans, A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum [3]