| Thoressa evershedi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Thoressa |
| Species: | T. evershedi |
| Binomial name | |
| Thoressa evershedi (Evans, 1910) | |
Thoressa evershedi, the Evershed's ace, [1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.W. H. Evans described it from Palni Hills in 1910 and named it after Evershed as he was the first person to collect it. [2] [3] [4]
Male. Upperside blackish-brown, much the same colour as in H. sitala. Forewing with the spots similarly placed, but a little smaller. Cilia grey, with brown patches. Hindwing without markings, uniformly coloured. Cilia grey, without the patches. Underside. Forewing paler brown, the costal and apical areas suffused with ochreous-red, the spots as on the upperside. Hindwing ochreous-red, the abdominal half of the wing and the costa (narrowly) suffused with brown, the outer margin with a brownish macular band and with indications of some brownish discal spots. Antennae black, ringed with white, apical half of club orange-red, the lower half of the club on the underside and part of the shaft white; palpi with black and white hairs pectus with grey hairs; head and body above and below concolorous with the wings.
The butterfly occurs in western Tamil Nadu, eastern Kerala. It is an occasional visitor to south-western Karnataka. [5]
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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. p. 281.  | This Hesperiinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |