Biology:Polytremis lubricans

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Contiguous swift
Polytremis lubricans 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polytremis
Species:
P. lubricans
Binomial name
Polytremis lubricans
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
  • Goniloba lubricans Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Gegenes contigua Mabille, 1877
  • Hesperia toona Moore, 1878
  • Parnara toona; Piepers & Snellen, 1910
  • Polytrema lubricans
  • Baoris lubricans

Polytremis lubricans, the contiguous swift,[2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2][3][4][5][6]

Subspecies

  • Polytremis lubricans lubricans (Tibet, India, Indo-China, Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sangihe, Banggai, Sula)
  • Polytremis lubricans taiwana Matsumura, 1919 (Taiwan, Anhui, Yunnan)

Description

Frederic Moore (1878) gives a detailed description for Hesperia toona:

Male. Differs in the fore wings being slightly more elongate, the hind wing more convex exteriorly, and the anal angle less lobed ; markings above similar, those on the fore wing narrower, the spot between the. median branches elongated and extending to their basal angle ; those on the hind wing very small, the outer spot crossed by a vein. Underside browuish-ochreous ; base of fore wing slightly dusky-ochreous ; markings as above.
—Frederic Moore[7]

Biology

The larva on feeds on Imperata, Microstegium, Miscanthus [8]

References

  1. Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Versuch einer systematischen Anordnung der Schmetterlinge CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (4): 56-64, (5): 67-77, (9): 130-141, (11): 163-172, (12): 184-204
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 58. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260. 
  3. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  4. 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. 446. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/187283#page/470/mode/1up. 
  5. 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. 315. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103495#page/329/mode/1up. 
  6. E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. pp. 45. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64080#page/59/mode/1up. 
  7. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Moore, Frederick (1878). Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. p. 689. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen782zool#page/689/mode/1up. 
  8. Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

Wikidata ☰ Q7227117 entry