Seseria dohertyi

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Seseria dohertyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Seseria
Species:
S. dohertyi
Binomial name
Seseria dohertyi
(Watson, 1893)

Seseria dohetyi, also known as the Himalayan white flat is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Uttarakhand in India to Hainan in China. It was described by Edward Yerbury Watson in 1893.

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Description

The upperside is dark brown, with the forewing having seven semi-transparent white spots. The upperside hindwing has a broad white band, usually bordered with dark black spots. The underside is as above, but it is paler and the white band is much larger. The abdomen is white above and greyish white below. [1] It is best separated from the similar Seseria sambara by examining the male genitalia. [2]

Subspecies

There are three recognized subspecies -

References

  1. ↑ Zoological Society of London (1893). Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. London Natural History Museum Library. London : Zoological Society of London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  2. ↑ Sondhi, Sanjay; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2018). Butterflies of Uttarakhand: A Field Guide. ISBN   9788121109185.
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