Oriens concinna

Tamil dartlet
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	ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Oriens
Species:	O. concinna
Binomial name
	Oriens concinna; (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)

Last updated October 23, 2025

Oriens concinna, the Tamil dartlet,^[1] is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is a rare find in India and Australia.^[2]^[3] In India, it is found in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Description

Male. Upperside very dark brown as in Oriens gola , with the dark orange-ochreous discal band and sub-apical spots much as in that species, but it is a distinctly larger species. Forewing comparatively broader, the spots at the end of the cell absent, though in one example the lower spot is present. Hindwing as in O. gola. Cilia as in gola, the yellow parts orange-ochreous, much darker than in gola. Underside with the ground colour similar, but the discal band of the hindwing is somewhat obscure and indistinct. Antennae, palpi, head and body similar. Female like the male.

— Charles Swinhoe, Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X^[5]

References

1 2 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 61. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
↑ Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea, A. Wells, W. W. K. Houston, CSIRO Pub., 2001 – Butterflies – 615 pages
↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Volume 97, page 199
↑ W. H., Evans (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 371.
1 2 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 258.

Entomologist, Volumes 67–68. West, Newman & Company, 1934 Oriens-concinna
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
Bombay Natural History Society, 1957 - Butterflies - 523 pages
Butterflies of India, by Arun Pratap Singh (Ph.D.)
ifoundbutterflies.org Oriens concinna

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[Smetacek-1] 1 2 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 61. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

[2] Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea, A. Wells, W. W. K. Houston, CSIRO Pub., 2001 – Butterflies – 615 pages

[3] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Volume 97, page 199

[Evans-4] W. H., Evans (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 371.

[SwinhoeIndica-5] 1 2 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 258.

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