Biology:Caltoris kumara
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Blank swift | |
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| C.k. kumara Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Caltoris |
| Species: | C. kumara
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| Binomial name | |
| Caltoris kumara (Moore, 1878)
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| Synonyms | |
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Parnara kumara Moore, 1878 | |
Caltoris kumara, the blank swift,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[2][3]
Description
Female. Upperside dark olive brown; forewing with a transverse discal series of seven yellowish semi-diaphanous spots from before the apex; cilia pale brownish-yellow. Underside deep ochreous-brown; forewing marked as above, the lowest spot being yellow : hindwing with a single discal indistinct yellow spot between the two lower median branches, Palpi and body brown; tarsi ochreous. This species is also found in Ceylon, the male differing from the female above and beneath in the first upper and lower discal spots being absent.—Edward Yerbury Watson[4]
It is found in the India and Sri Lanka.[1] In India , a range extension of this species to the western Himalaya was recorded in 2018. [5]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 59–60. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260.
- ↑ 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. 454. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/187283#page/478/mode/1up.
- ↑
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. 10. London: Lovell Reeve and Co.. pp. 300–301. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103495#page/314/mode/1up.
- ↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. pp. 41. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64080#page/55/mode/1up.
- ↑ Shankar, Kumar; Paramjit, Singh; Raj Shekhar, Singh (2018). Range Extension of Ciliate Blue Anthene emolus Godart (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and Blank Swift Caltoris kumara Moore (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) into the Lower Western Himalaya. 115. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai. pp. 6–7. doi:10.17087/jbnhs/2018/v115/114782. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343513605.
Wikidata ☰ Q5024005 entry
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