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Polytremis eltola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Polytremis eltola

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Polytremis

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Polytremis, Notocrypta feisthamelii, Polytremis lubricans, Pelopidas agna, Telicota bambusae

Polytremis eltola, the yellow spot swift, is a species of skipper butterfly found in tropical Asia.

Description

Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with eight transparent white spots, and a spot of yellow near the inner margin: the three largest spots across the middle, two outside of these, and three near the apex. Posterior wing with three transparent spots. Underside as above, except that it is rufous-brown.

Found in Darjeeling, Kumaon (Doherty); Cachar (Wood-Mason and de Niceville); Kangra, N.-W. Himalayas (Moore) Sikkim (de Niceville; Elwes).

References

Polytremis eltola Wikipedia