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Scientific Name : Caltoris kumara
Family : Hesperiidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Forest and plain land
Description : Female upperside of this species is dark olive brown and forewing with a transverse discal series of seven yellowish spots.Underside is deep brown.Hindwing has a single yellow spot.The male is different from female.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Gerosis phisara
(Dusky Yellow-breast Flat) -
Pelopidas conjuncta
(Conjoined Swift) -
Hasora chromus
(Common Banded Awl) -
Aeromachus stigmata
(Veined Scrub Hopper) -
Mooreana trichoneura
(Yellow Flat) -
Hasora vitta
(Plain Banded Awl) -
Borbo cinnara
(Rice Swift) -
Polytremis eltola
(Yellow-spot Swift) -
Pelopidas mathias
(Small Branded Swift)
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, R.K.,Varshney;Smetacek,Peter(2015).A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India.photo credit:Vijay Anand Ismavel(www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, R.K.,Varshney;Smetacek,Peter(2015).A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India.photo credit:Vijay Anand Ismavel(www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.