Kingdom Animalia Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Matapa aria Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Matapa Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Matapa, Hyarotis adrastus, Iambrix salsala, Halpe porus, Baoris farri | ||
Matapa aria, the common redeye, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Description
Male and female chocolate brown.
Male. Upperside, pale brown; forewing with a short impressed comma-like grey streak obliquely beneath the cell. Cilia yellowish white. Underside bright ferruginous brown. Palpi ferruginous brown.
Female. Upperside dark chocolate brown without the impressed streak; cilia of hindwing pale orange yellow. Underside bright ferruginous brown.
The larvae feed on Bambusa striata, Ochlandra travancorica and Ochlandra scriptoria.
References
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