Biology:Baracus vittatus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Hedge-hopper
Malabar hedge hopper from kakkayam kerala India IMG 7565.jpg
From Kozhikode, Kerala
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Baracus
Species:
B. vittatus
Binomial name
Baracus vittatus
(Felder, 1862)

Baracus vittatus, the hedge-hopper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Description

In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson described this butterfly as:

Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Male with the lower basal and discal area of both wings olive-grey, and a small subapical spot of the same colour also on the forewing. Female: forewing with a small olive -grey subapical spot and slender macular discal streak: hindwing with less distinct olive-grey lower basal and discal area. Underside ferruginous, the veins narrowly lined with paler ferruginous: forewing with the basal area dusky brown: hindwing with a longitudinal medial yellow fascia from base of cell, and less distinct short yellow discal streak between the veins. Body, palpi, and legs olive-brown, paler beneath.
—Edward Yerbury Watson[9]

Subspecies

  • B. v. vittatus (Felder, 1862) Sri Lanka
  • B. v. subditus Moore, [1884] south India
  • B. v. septentrionum Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887] Sikkim to northeast India
  • B. v. hampsoni Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (Hampson's hedge hopper)[2] south India
  • B. v. gotha Evans, 1949 Tamil Nadu[6][7]

Life history

The larvae feed on Gramineae.[10]

  • Larva

  • Chrysalis

  • Chrysalis

  • Imago (dorsal view)

  • Imago (ventral view)

See also

  • Papilionidae
  • List of butterflies of India
  • List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

References

  1. ↑ Gamage, R. 2014. An Illustrated Field Guide to the Fauna of Sri Lanka, Butterflies. Akalanka Dunwathta. Baddegama
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Savela, Markku. "Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/baracus/#vittatus. 
  3. ↑ Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London: L. Reeve & co.. pp. 162. https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey01moor#page/162/mode/1up. 
  4. ↑ Elwes & Edwards (1897). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. pp. 169–171. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofzo14zool#page/171/mode/1up. 
  5. ↑ Moore, Frederic (1884). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. pp. 534. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen83zool#page/533/mode/1up. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 W. H., Evans (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. pp. 237–238. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/187283#page/261/mode/1up. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P.. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. pp. 40–41. 
  8. ↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. London: Lovell Reeve and Co.. pp. 130–133. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103495#page/144/mode/1up. 
  9. ↑ E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. pp. 151. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64080#page/165/mode/1up. 
  10. ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts

Wikidata ☰ Q4858139 entry



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