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Zographetus ogygia

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Zographetus ogygia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Zographetus
Species:
Z. ogygia
Binomial name
Zographetus ogygia
(Hewitson, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia ogygia

Zographetus ogygia, the purple spotted flitter,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[2][3][4][1][5][6]

Distribution

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From southern India[7][8] and Sikkim to Malaya, Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Java.[3]

Description

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In 1866, William Chapman Hewitson described this butterfly as:

Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with five transparent spots; four together in the middle. Underside rufous. Anterior wing with the base and centre brown. Posterior wing with two brown spots before the middle and a transverse band of similar spots at the middle.

Life history

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The larvae feed on Aganope thyrsiflora.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 51.
  2. ^ a b Hewitson, W. C. (1866). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 500.
  3. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Zographetus ogygia (Hewitson, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Inayoshi, Yutaka. "Zographetus ogygia (Hewitson,[1866])". Butterflies in Indo-China. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  5. ^ Evans, W. H. (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 300.
  6. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 188–189.
  7. ^ "Butterfly study camp held at Aralam". The Hindu. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Fluttering about gaily in tiger reserve". The Hindu. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  9. ^ Ravikanthachari Nitin; V.C. Balakrishnan; Paresh V. Churi; S. Kalesh; Satya Prakash; Krushnamegh Kunte (2018-04-10). "Larval host plants of the buterfies of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 10 (4): 11502. doi:10.11609/jott.3104.10.4.11495-11550.