Pithauria murdava

Pithauria murdava
Pithauria murdava figure 13
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pithauria
Species: P. murdava
Binomial name
Pithauria murdava
Moore,1866
Synonyms
  • Ismene murdava Moore, 1866
  • Hesperia weymeri Protz, 1883[1]

Pithauria murdava is a species of skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia. It measures about 2 inches (5 cm) in wingspan.

Description

Upperside olive brown: forewing with the base grey, with six small yellow spots, two within the extremity of the cell, two near the costa, one-third from the apex, and two midway beneath; hindwing grey to beyond the middle. Underside pale yellowish-brown; disk of forewing blackish, spots as above: hindwing with indistinct submarginal and discal pale yellowish spots. Abdomen above with greyish brown segmental bands. Palpi, abdomen, and legs beneath dull yellow. Found in Darjeeling.[2]

References

  1. yutaka.it-n.jp
  2. Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.
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