Tagiades litigiosa
| Water snow flat | |
|---|---|
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| From the Western Ghats | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Tagiades |
| Species: | T. litigiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Tagiades litigiosa (Möschler, 1878) | |
Tagiades litigiosa, the water snow flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India.
The larvae feed on Dioscorea oppositifolia, Dioscorea alata[1] and Smilax species.
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Larva case
Larva
Pupa
References
- ↑ Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions of the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 235–238.
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