Aeromachus kali

Aeromachus kali

Taxobox | name =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hesperiidae
genus = "Aeromachus"
species = "A. kali"
binomial = "Aeromachus kali"
binomial_authority = de Niceville, 1885

"Aeromachus kali" is a species of Skipper butterfly found in Asia.

Description

quote|Male upperside deep purplish black, the cilia cinereous. Underside slightly paler. Forewing with a discal outwardly angled series of eight pale violet-white dots, an even somewhat larger marginal lunular series. Hindwing with a discal irregular series of pale violet-white spots, within which are some obscure pale markings; a marginal series as in the forewing. Cilia cinereous, marked with dark brown at the ends ofthe nervules.|E. Y. Watson [Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae. Vest and co. Madras]

Wing expanse of 1.15 inches.

Found in Sikkim.

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