Pithauria murdava
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pithauria |
| Species: | P. murdava |
| Binomial name | |
| Pithauria murdava Moore,1866 | |
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Pithauria murdava is a species of Skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia. It measures about 2 inches in wingspan.
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. [2]
References
- ↑ yutaka.it-n.jp
- ↑ Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.