Pithauria murdava

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Pithauria murdava
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P. murdava
Binomial name
Pithauria murdava
Moore, 1866
Synonyms
  • Ismene murdavaMoore, 1866
  • Hesperia weymeriProtz, 1883 [1]

Pithauria murdava is a skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1866. It is found in Darjeeling, India.

Description

Upperside olive brown: forewing with the base grey, with six small yellow spots, two within the extremity of the cell, two near the costa, one-third from the apex, and two midway beneath; hindwing grey to beyond the middle. Underside pale yellowish brown; disk of forewing blackish, spots as above: hindwing with indistinct submarginal and discal pale yellowish spots. Abdomen above with greyish-brown segmental bands. Palpi, abdomen, and legs beneath dull yellow. [2]

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References

  1. yutaka.it-n.jp
  2. Watson, E. Y. (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.