- Pithauria murdava
Taxobox | name = "Pithauria murdava"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Hesperiidae
subfamilia =Hesperiinae
genus = "Pithauria "
species = "P. murdava"
binomial = "Pithauria murdava"
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range_map_caption ="Pithauria murdava" is a species of Skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia. It measures about 2 inches in wingspan.
Description
Upperside olive brown : forewing with the base grey, with six small yellow spots, two within the extremity of the cell, two near the costa, one-third from the apex, and two midway beneath ; hindwing grey to beyond the middle. Underside pale yellowish-brown ; disk of forewing blackish,spots as above : hindwing with indistinct submarginal and discal pale yellowish spots. Abdomen above with greyish brown segmental bands. Palpi, abdomen, and legs beneath dull yellow. Found in
Darjeeling . [Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.]References
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