Biology:Polytremis eltola
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Polytremis eltola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polytremis |
| Species: | P. eltola
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| Binomial name | |
| Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Parnara eltola | |
Polytremis eltola, the yellow spot swift, is a species of skipper butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
Description
Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with eight transparent white spots, and a spot of yellow near the inner margin: the three largest spots across the middle, two outside of these, and three near the apex. Posterior wing with three transparent spots. Underside as above, except that it is rufous-brown.—Edward Yerbury Watson[2]
Found in Darjeeling, Kumaon (Doherty); Cachar (Wood-Mason and de Niceville); Kangra, N.-W. Himalayas (Moore) Sikkim (de Niceville; Elwes) and (P. e. corbeti Evans, 1937) the Malay Peninsula.
References
Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry
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