Pelopidas agna | |
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in Nepal | |
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in West Bengal, India | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pelopidas |
Species: | P. agna
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Binomial name | |
Pelopidas agna (
Moore, 1865)
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Synonyms | |
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Pelopidas agna, the obscure branded swift [1] or dark branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India. [1] [2]
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.The spots are much less prominent in the dry season form than wet season form.
— E. Y. Watson [3]
Pelopidas agna | |
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in Nepal | |
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in West Bengal, India | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pelopidas |
Species: | P. agna
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Binomial name | |
Pelopidas agna (
Moore, 1865)
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Synonyms | |
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Pelopidas agna, the obscure branded swift [1] or dark branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India. [1] [2]
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.The spots are much less prominent in the dry season form than wet season form.
— E. Y. Watson [3]