- Caltoris cahira austeni
Taxobox | name = Austen's Swift
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Hesperiidae
subfamilia =Hesperiinae
genus = "Caltoris "
species = "C. cahira austeni"
binomial = "Caltoris cahira austeni"
binomial_authority = (Moore,1883 ) [Moore, P. Z. S., 1883, p. 533.]
synonyms = "Parnara austeni" "Baoris austeni"
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range_map_caption =Austen's Swift ("Caltoris cahira austeni") is a
species of skipperbutterfly found inAsia .Description
quote|Male and Female. Upperside dark brown. Male : forewing with two small semi-hyaline white spots at end of the cell, two before the apex, and three obliquely on the disk, the two upper of which are small.Female with markings the same, but slightly larger ; also with a small yellow spot above the hind margin ; cilia cinereous-white. Underside as above ; both sexes having also a slight yellowish patch above the hind margin.|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 the Khasi hills, Sikkim and Cherrapunji.
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