Pelopidas mathias

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Dark small-branded swift
Dark Small-branded Swift.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pelopidas
Species:
P. mathias
Binomial name
Pelopidas mathias
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia mathiasFabricius, 1798
  • Baoris mathias
  • Parnara parvimaculaRothschild, 1915
  • Gegenes elegansMabille, 1877
  • Pamphila umbrataButler, 1879
  • Hesperia octofenestrataSaalmüller, 1884
  • Pamphila albirostrisMabille 1887 in Grandidier, [1885-7]
  • Hesperia chayaMoore, [1866]
  • Hesperia julianusLatreille, [1824]
  • Pamphila repetitaButler, 1882

Pelopidas mathias, the dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of south, [1] southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in tropical Africa and Arabia. [2] [3]

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Description

In Kolkata, West Bengal, India SMALL BRANDED SWIFT Pelopidas mathias mathisas W.jpg
In Kolkata, West Bengal, India

In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson described it as:

Male. Upperside olive brown: forewing with two small yellowish semi-transparent spots within end of cell, three before the apex, and in the male three oblique discal spots followed by a dark-bordered slender straight impressed glandular streak: hindwing with one or two very indistinct pale discal spots. Female with five discal spots in the forewing, and four or five in the hindwing. Underside paler ; markings more distinct; hindwing also with a spot at upper end of the cell. Expanse 1.6 inch. [4] (Moore) [5]

Role in agriculture

P. mathias is considered a pest to rice-growing cultures, although it is not as damaging to rice plants as Parnara guttata . Newly hatched caterpillars are especially voracious in eating young seedlings. They also use silken threads to roll up and stitch together partially eaten leaves for more efficient consumption. [6]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ 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. 57. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN   978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. ↑ 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. 441.
  3. ↑ PD-icon.svgOne 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. 320.
  4. ↑ 1.6 inches (41 mm)
  5. ↑ E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 31.
  6. ↑ Heinrichs, E.A. (editor) (1994). Biology and Management of Rice Insects. Int. Rice Res. Inst. pp. 441–42. ISBN   81-224-0581-9.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)


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