| Aeromachus stigmata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Aeromachus |
| Species: | A. stigmata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeromachus stigmata (Moore, 1878) | |
Aeromachus stigmata, the veined scrub hopper, is a skipper, a type of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1878. [1] [2] [3]
There are three subspecies of Aeromachus stigmata: [1] [4]
The wingspan is 22–28 mm (1–1 in). [1] The species was described by Edward Yerbury Watson in his 1891 Hesperiidae Indica as:
Male and female. Upperside glossy olive-brown: forewing with a short black bar or brand of raised scales obliquely above the middle of hind margin, and a very indistinct upper discal slightly curved row of six small pale spots: cilia whitish-cinereous, with slight brown bars. Underside paler; costal border of the forewing, veins, and basal interspaces of the hindwing speckled with greenish-grey; forewing with whitish discal maculated band as above, but more distinct, a spot at end of the cell and a marginal row of lunules less distinct; hindwing with a distinct whitish cell-spot and a submarginal and marginal lunular band. Female without the raised bar and the discal band above less distinct. [1]
Aeromachus stigmata stigmata is distributed from Murree in Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh; the north sest Himalayas, Sikkim and Bhutan. A. s. obsoletus is distributed in north-eastern India, south-eastern Bangladesh, and northern Myanmar. A. s. shanda is found in Myanmar from the northern Shan States to Kayin State. [1]
They are predominantly found from the foothills to 1700 meter open forest regions. Their flight period is from April to October. [1] In India, May is the best time to spot them. They fly close to the ground and are sometimes spotted basking on the shrubs or grass. [1]
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