Bengal Swift
Pelopidas agna
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
Pelopidas agna, the obscure branded swift or dark branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India. Description In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson wrote: Upperside glossy olive-brown; forewing with a series of six very small rather indistinct whitish semi-transparent spots curving from before the apex to the middle of the wing; beneath these is a short oblique pale impressed streak, which is suffused with black on its anterior margin. Cilia pale brown.
Le genre Pelopidas regroupe des lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Hesperiidae et de la sous-famille des Hesperiinae. Dénomination Pelopidas est le nom donné par Francis Walker en 1870. Synonyme : Chapra (Hesperiidae) Moore, [1881].
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Distribution
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