Pithauria murdava
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Pithauria murdava is a species of Skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia. It measures about 2 inches in wingspan.
[edit] 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. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.
