Aulocera loha

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Aulocera loha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aulocera
Species:
A. loha
Binomial name
Aulocera loha
Doherty, 1886

Aulocera loha, also known as the eyeless satyr or the Doherty's satyr is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Uttarakhand in India to Tibet in China. [1]

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Description

This species is very similar to Aulocera padma, but it has a white spot in the inner edge of the black subapical spot on the upperside forewing. It differs from Aulocera chumbica from the much broader longitudinal bands. The hindwing band is sttght and yellowish on the underside. The underside is also darker in loha. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Subspecies

There are four subspecies [7] -

References

  1. ↑ "Aulocera". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
  2. ↑ Sondhi, Sanjay; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2018). Butterflies of Uttarakhand: A Field Guide. ISBN   9788121109185.
  3. ↑ Asiatic Society of Bengal (1832). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. California Academy of Sciences Library. Calcutta : Bishop's College Press.
  4. ↑ Seitz, Adalbert (1908). Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde : eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Grossschmetterlinge. London Natural History Museum Library. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. ↑ Seitz, Adalbert (1900). Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde : eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Smithsonian Libraries. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. ↑ Io, Chou (1994). Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium.
  7. ↑ "Aulocera loha - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
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