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Species: | Z. ogygia
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Zographetus ogygia (
Hewitson, 1866)
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Zographetus ogygia, the purple spotted flitter, [1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. [2] [3] [4] [1] [5] [6]
From southern India [7] [8] and Sikkim to Malaya, Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Java. [3]
In 1866, William Chapman Hewitson described this butterfly as:
Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with five transparent spots; four together in the middle. Underside rufous. Anterior wing with the base and centre brown. Posterior wing with two brown spots before the middle and a transverse band of similar spots at the middle.
The larvae feed on Aganope thyrsiflora. [9]
Purple spotted flitter | |
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Scientific classification | |
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Genus: | |
Species: | Z. ogygia
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Binomial name | |
Zographetus ogygia (
Hewitson, 1866)
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Synonyms | |
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Zographetus ogygia, the purple spotted flitter, [1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. [2] [3] [4] [1] [5] [6]
From southern India [7] [8] and Sikkim to Malaya, Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Java. [3]
In 1866, William Chapman Hewitson described this butterfly as:
Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with five transparent spots; four together in the middle. Underside rufous. Anterior wing with the base and centre brown. Posterior wing with two brown spots before the middle and a transverse band of similar spots at the middle.
The larvae feed on Aganope thyrsiflora. [9]