Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Pelopidas agna | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pelopidas Rank Species | |
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Similar Pelopidas, Borbo cinnara, Telicota colon, Badamia exclamationis, Pelopidas mathias | ||
Pelopidas agna, the obscure branded swift or dark branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Description
In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson wrote:
Upperside glossy olive-brown; forewing with a series of six very small rather indistinct whitish semi-transparent spots curving from before the apex to the middle of the wing; beneath these is a short oblique pale impressed streak, which is suffused with black on its anterior margin. Cilia pale brown. Underside pale brown; spots on forewing as above but less defined; hindwing with a curved discal series of white dots and a single dot near the base. Palpi and body beneath pale brownish-yellow.
References
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