Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Genus Arnetta Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Arnetta, Arnetta mercara, Arnetta vindhiana, Aeromachus dubius, Cupitha | ||
Arnetta atkinsoni is a species of skipper butterfly found in Asia.
Description
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 spots obliquely 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.
It is found in Darjeeling, India. Wing expanse of 1.1 inches (28 mm).
References
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