Telicota ancilla

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Dark Palm Dart
Dark Palm Dart from Bangalore
Dark Palm Dart from Bangalore
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Genus: Telicota
Species: T. ancilla
Binomial name
Telicota ancilla
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
Dark Palm Dart
Dark Palm Dart

Telicota ancilla, commonly known as the Dark Palm Dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. These species form a complex and exact species identity can only be determined by examination of the genitalia.

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