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Pithauria murdava

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Pithauria murdava is a skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1866. It is found in Darjeeling, India.

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ yutaka.it-n.jp
  2. ^ Watson, E. Y. (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.
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Pithauria murdava: Brief Summary

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Pithauria murdava is a skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1866. It is found in Darjeeling, India.

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