Polytremis eltola

Yellow spot swift
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polytremis
Species: P. eltola
Binomial name
Polytremis eltola
(Hewitson, 1869)[1]
Synonyms

Parnara eltola

Polytremis eltola, the yellow spot swift, is a species of skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia.

Description

Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with eight transparent white spots, and a spot of yellow near the inner margin: the three largest spots across the middle, two outside of these, and three near the apex. Posterior wing with three transparent spots. Underside as above, except that it is rufous-brown.
— Edward Yerbury Watson[2]

Found in Darjeeling, Kumaon (Doherty); Cachar (Wood-Mason and de Niceville); Kangra, N.-W. Himalayas (Moore) Sikkim (de Niceville; Elwes).

References

  1. ↑ Ex. Butt., vol. iv, Hesp., pl. iv, fig. 40(1869)
  2. ↑ Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.
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