Spotted Small Flat

Sarangesa purendra

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Sarangesa purendra, commonly known as the spotted small flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Subspecies Sarangesa purendra purendra Moore, 1882 - Himachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi Evans, 1921 - Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Sarangesa purendra pandra Evans, 1949 - Kerala to Rajasthan Sarangesa purendra sati de Nicéville, 1891 - Gujarat (Kutch) Description In 1865, Frederic Moore described this butterfly as: Upperside greyer than in S. dasahara, with paler mottled markings: fore wing with a semidiaphanous white continuous streak across the…

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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