Baracus vittatus
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| Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862) |
Baracus vittatus, commonly known as Hampson's Hedge-Hopper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India.
[edit] Description
Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Male with the lower basal and discal area of both wings olive-grey, and a small subapical spot of the same colour also on the forewing. Female : forewing with a small olive -grey subapical spot and slender macular discal streak : hindwing with less distinct olive-grey lower basal and discal area. Underside ferruginous, the veins narrowly lined with paler ferruginous : forewing with the basal area dusky brown : hindwing with a longitudinal medial yellow fascia from base of cell, and less distinct short yellow discal streak between the veins. Body, palpi, and legs olive-brown, paler beneath.
—E. Y. Watson[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Vest and co. Madras
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