| Tamil Grass Dart | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Taractrocera |
| Species: | T. ceramas |
| Binomial name | |
| Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868) |
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Taractrocera ceramas, commonly known as the Tamil Grass Dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the western Ghats to Bombay, in the hills of southern India and northern Burma.
In India the species occurs from sea level up to heights of 1,100 meters along grassy roads on jungle-covered slopes, and above 2,000 meters, where it avoids scrub and jungle and is very fond of the sunshine.