| Spotted small flat | |
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| From Madayipara, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. purendra |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa purendra | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sarangesa purendra, the spotted small flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
In 1865, Frederic Moore described this butterfly as:
Upperside greyer than in S. dasahara, with paler mottled markings: fore wing with a semidiaphanous white continuous streak across the cell near its end, a continuous small spot above it, three small conjoined spots before the apex, and three on the disk, the middle discal spot large and quadrate. Cilia alternated with grey. Underside paler; fore wing marked as above, and with an additional small white lower spot on the disk, and a basal streak below the cell: hind wing with a small whitish spot in middle of the cell, and a less distinct discal curved series.
The larvae of Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi feed on Asystasia and Blepharis asperrima . [7] They also feed on Lepidagathis cristata but need confirmation. Whereas the Sarangesa purendra pandra feed on Lepidagathis keralensis .
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain : Moore, Frederic (1882). A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Hon. East-India company. London: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain : Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 88–89.  | This Pyrginae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |