Aulocera saraswati

Striated satyr
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Aulocera
Species:	A. saraswati
Binomial name
Aulocera saraswati Kollar, 1844

Aulocera saraswati, the striated satyr, is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas. ^{[1] [2]}

Range

The butterfly is found in the Himalayas from Chitral eastwards across to Sikkim. ^{[1] [3]}

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was common. ^[3]

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The striated satyr is 65 to 75 mm in wingspan. ^[3]

It is a large powerfully built butterfly which is dark brown above and characterised by a white band across both wings. The white band is broad and straight on the hindwing and reaches the dorsum. The wings have chequered fringes. A dark apical spot or ocellus is present on the forewing. The under hindwing is pale with prominent white striations. The under hindwing is beautifully variegated with brown, white and grey. The tegumen is without hooks. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)

References

1. "Aulocera Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. LepIndex shows this taxon as Satyrus swaha.[Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Satyrus swaha​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.] LepIndex considers the genus Aulocera Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 4: 121, TS: Satyrus brahminus Blanchard to be a junior subjective synonym of Satyrus Latreille 1810 Cons. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 355, 440, TS: Papilio actaea Linnaeus.[Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Satyrus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.]
3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 117, ser no D11.4.
4. Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 108–109. ISBN   978-8170192329.