Polytremis eltola
| Yellow Spot Swift | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polytremis |
| Species: | P. eltola |
| Binomial name | |
| Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parnara eltola | |
The Yellow Spot Swift (Polytremis eltola) is a species of skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia.
Description
Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with eight transparent white spots, and a spot of yellow near the inner margin : the three largest spots across the middle, two outside of these, and three near the apex. Posterior wing with three transparent spots. Underside as above, except that it is rufous-brown.—E. Y. Watson[2]
Found in Darjeeling, Kumaon (Doherty) ; Cachar (Wood-Mason and de Niceville); Kangra, N.-W. Himalayas (Moore) Sikkim (de Niceville ;Elwes).