Wax Dart

Cupitha purreea

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Cupitha is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Cupitha purreea, commonly known as the wax dart. Distribution Cupitha purreea is found from southern India and Sikkim to Burma, southern Yunnan, the Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Java, the Philippines and Sulawesi.

Distribution

Wax Dart — (c) Theivaprakasham Hari, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Theivaprakasham Hari · CC-BY

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Sources and credits

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