| Himalayan swift | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polytremis |
| Species: | P. discreta |
| Binomial name | |
| Polytremis discreta | |
Polytremis discreta, the Himalayan swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.A small, brown skipper with distinct white or dirty white spots on its wings. The spot in cell 2 shorter in proportion, its inner and outer edges nearly parallel. The ground-colour of the underside and the fringes, especially those of the hind wing, paler.
