- Arnetta atkinsoni
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Hesperiidae
subfamilia =Hesperiinae
genus = "Arnetta "
species = "A. atkinsoni"
binomial = "Arnetta atkinsoni"
binomial_authority = (Moore, 1878)
synonyms = "Isoteinon atkinsoni" Moore, 1883 [Moore, Frederic (1878) P. Z. S.:693]"Arnetta atkinsoni" is a species of Skipper
butterfly found inAsia .Description
quote|Upperside dark glossy olive-brown ; cilia brownish-cinereous with a brown inner line and indistinct bars : forewing with a small yellow semi-diaphanous spot at end of the cell, three smaller contiguous spotsobliquely before the apex, and two contiguous spots obliquely on the disc. Underside speckled with ochreous-green : forewing marked as above ; hindwing with a median discal curved series of eight small prominent white spots, and a spot at end of the cell.|E. Y. Watson [Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Vest and co. Madras] Found in Darjeeling. Wing expanse of 1.1 inches.
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