Biology:Aeromachus kali
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| Aeromachus kali de Nicéville, 1885
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Aeromachus kali is a species of skipper butterfly found in Asia (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Laos) and Yunnan.
Description
Male upperside deep purplish black, the cilia cinereous. Underside slightly paler. Forewing with a discal outwardly angled series of eight pale violet-white dots, an even somewhat larger marginal lunular series. Hindwing with a discal irregular series of pale violet-white spots, within which are some obscure pale markings; a marginal series as in the forewing. Cilia cinereous, marked with dark brown at the ends of the nervules.—Edward Yerbury Watson[1]
Wing expanse of 1.15 inches (29 mm).
It is found in Sikkim, India.
References
- ↑ Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae. Vest and co. Madras
Wikidata ☰ Q4688308 entry
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