Common banded demon | |
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Upper side | |
Underside, Bali, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Notocrypta |
Species: | N. paralysos |
Binomial name | |
Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) | |
Notocrypta paralysos, the banded demon or common banded demon, [1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in Sri Lanka, India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo, Palawan, Philippines, Sulawesi Region, and Maluku. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Male and Female. Very similar to Notocrypta feisthamelii , the wings somewhat shorter and broader, the post-medial white band of the forewing very similar both above and below, but there is a small white spot opposite the cell end, towards the outer margin, and there are no sub-apical dots, and on the underside of the hindwing there is a small white spot inside the end of the cell and another below it, nearly half way between it and the outer margin, and there is a white mark on each side of the face.
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