Actinor
| Veined Dart | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Actinor Watson, 1893 |
| Species: | A. radians |
| Binomial name | |
| Actinor radians (Moore, 1878) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Veined Dart, Actinor radians,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, Actinor being a monotypic Himalayan genus.[2]
Description
| “ | Male. Upperside luteous-brown, basal hairy scales yellow. Cilia cinereous-white : forewing with a pale-yellow constricted spot at end of the cell, and an irregular transverse continuous discal band of spots with their lower angles continued outward along the veins ; hindwing with a yellow streak at end of the cell and a short discal band with outer rays. Underside paler, minutely speckled with yellowish-white ; forewing as above, the hind margin being also broadly yellow ; hindwing with a subbasal spot, all the veins, and two (a median and a discal) transverse sinuous bands pale yellow. Palpi, body beneath and legs yellowish-white. | ” |
| —Watson, E. Y., Under Halpe radians 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae.[3] | ||
Wing expanse of 1.5 inches.
Distribution
The butterfly occurs from Chitral to Kumaon in the Himalayas up to 4000 ft.[4]
Status
Not Rare.[4]
Cited references
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Actinor genus.
- ↑ Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Actinor Watson 1893. Actinor radians (Moore 1878). Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). in The Tree of Life Web Project.
- ↑ Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae. Vest and co. Madras
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I86.1, pp 396.