List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

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The family Hesperiidae is divided into seven subfamilies of which three are found in India. Hesperids are difficult to identify to species level in the field and accurate identification requires dissection and examination of the genitalia.

The larval food plants are mainly grasses, palms and bamboos. Some feed on dicotyledon species. Eggs are smooth, or sometimes ridged and white or red in color. Larvae are cylindrical with a large head. They are usually green or transparent green and sometimes conspicuously marked. The larvae feed within cells made out of rolled leaves and pupation occurs inside the cell. The pupa is generally covered with fine white powder.

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India.

1 Coeliadinae
2 Hesperiinae
3 Pyrginae
4 Notes
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Coeliadinae

Brown Awl, Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
Pale Green Awlet, Bibasis gomata (Moore, 1865)
Orange-striped Awl/Orange Awlet, Bibasis jaina (Moore, 1865)
Orangetail Awl/Pale Green Awlet, Bibasis sena (Moore, 1865)
Branded Orange Awlet Bibasis oedipodea (Fruhstorfer, 1911)^[1]
Plain Orange Awlet Bibasis anadi de Niceville, 1883^[1]
Bibasis harisa^[1]
Green Awlet Bibasis vasutana Moore, 1865^[1]
Small Green Awlet Bibasis amara (Moore, 1865)^[1]
Branded Awlking Choaspes plateni Evans, 1932^[1]
Indian Awlking, Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Meneville, 1843)
Awlking Choaspes xanthopogon Kollar, 1844^[1]
Choaspes furcatus Evans, 1932
Common Awl, Hasora badra (Moore , 1857)
Hasora anura ^[1]
Common Banded Awl, Hasora chromus (Cramer , 1780)
White Banded Awl, Hasora taminatus (Hübner, 1818)
Plain Banded Awl, Hasora vitta (Butler , 1870)

[edit] Hesperiinae

Dingy Scrub-Hopper, Aeromachus dubius (Elwes & Edwards , 1897)
Pygmy Grass/Scrub-Hopper, Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775)
Bush Hopper, Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)
Chocolate Demon, Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, 1824)
Coorg Forest Hopper, Arnetta mercara (Evans, 1932)
Vindhyan Bob, Arnetta vindhiana (Moore, 1883)
Paintbrush Swift, Baoris farri (Moore , 1878)
Swift Baoris pencillata (Moore, 1878)
Figure-of-8 Swift Baoris pagana de Niceville, 1887
Hedge/Hampson's Hedge-Hopper, Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862)
Beavan's Swift, Pseudoborbo bevani (Moore, 1878)
Rice Swift, Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)
Yellow-fringed Swift Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes and Edwards, 1897)
Austen's Swift Caltoris cahira austeni (Moore, 1883)
Caltoris confusa Evans, 1932
Purple Swift Caltoris tulsi tulsi (de Niceville, 1883)
Tufted Swift Caltoris plebeia (de Niceville, 1887)
Kanara Swift, Caltoris canaraica (Moore , 1883)
Blank Swift, Caltoris kumara (Moore , 1878)
Philippine Swift, Caltoris philippina (Herrich-Schäffer , 1869)
Wax Dart, Cupitha purreea (Moore , 1877)
Nonsuch Palmer Cyrina cyrina Hewitson, 1876
Palm Redeye, Erionota thrax (Linnaeus , 1767)
Palm Redeye Erionota torus Evans, 1941
Redeye Erionota acroleucus (Semper, 1892)
Giant Redeye, Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius , 1775)
Banded Redeye Gangara lebadea (Hewitson, 1886)
Dingy Swift, Gegenes nostradamus (Fabricius, 1793)
Indian/Ceylon Ace, Halpe homolea (Hewitson, 1868)
Moore's Ace, Halpe porus (Mabille , 1876)
Tree Flitter, Hyarotis adrastus (Stoll , 1782)
Brush Flitter, Hyarotis microstrictum (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887)
Chestnut Bob, Iambrix salsala (Moore, 1865)
Common Wight Iton semamora (Moore, 1866)
Dark Velvet Bob Koruthaialos butleri Wood-Mason and de Niceville, 1883
Common Redeye, Matapa aria (Moore, 1865)
Dark Brand Redeye Matapa druna (Moore, 1865)
Grey Brand Redeye Matapa cresta Evans, 1949
Black-veined Redeye Matapa sasivarna Moore, 1865
Purple Redeye Matapa purpurascens Elwes and Edwards, 1897
Restricted Demon, Notocrypta curvifascia (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Spotted Demon, Notocrypta feithamelii
Common Banded Demon, Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)
Subhyaline Darter Ochiodes subhyalina Evans, 1949
Assam Darter Ochiodes siva Moore, 1878
Tamil Dartlet, Oriens concinna (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
Common Dartlet, Oriens goloides (Moore, 1881)
Common Dartlet Oriens goloides (Moore, 1881) ^[2]
African Straight/Straight Swift, Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
- Parnara naso bada (Moore, 1878)
Continental Swift, Parnara ganga (Evans, 1937)
Parnara guttata mangala (Moore, 1865)
Dark Branded Swift, Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1865)
Great Swift, Pelopidas assamensis (De Nicéville, 1882)
Conjoined Swift, Pelopidas conjucta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
Dark Small-Branded Swift, Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
Large Branded Swift, Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878)
Pale Small-Branded Swift, Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
Himalayan Swift, Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
Contiguous Swift, Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
Yellow Spot Swift Polytremeis eltota (Hewitson, 1869)
Confucian/Chinese Dart, Potanthus confucius (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Pallied Dart, Potanthus pallida (Evans, 1932)
Palni Dart, Potanthus palnia (Evans, 1914)
Pava Dart, Potanthus pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
Psuedomaesa/Common Dart, Potanthus psuedomaesa (Moore, 1881)
- Potanthus pseudomaesa clio Evans, 1932
Potanthus sita Evans, 1932
Potanthus nesta nesta Evans, 1932
Branded Dart Potanthus rectifasciata (Elwes and Edwards, 1897)
Sikkim Dart Potanthus mara Evans, 1932
Spotted Yellow Lancer Plastingia noemi de Niceville, 1885
Spotted Redeye Pudicitia pholus (de Niceville, 1889)
Green Striped Palmer Piradana hyela Evans, 1932
Coon, Psolos fuligo (Mabille, 1876)
Yellow-Base/Golden Tree Flitter, Quedara basiflava (De Nicéville, 1888)
Maculate Lancer, Salanoemia sala (Hewitson, 1866)
Stimula swinhoei Elwes and Edwards, 1897
Forest Bob Scobura cephala (Hewitson, 1876)
Bicolour Ace, Sovia hyrtacus (De Nicéville, 1897)
Indian Palm Bob, Suastus gremius (fabricius, 1798)
Small Palm Bob, Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877)
Grass Bob Suada swerga (de Niceville, 1883)
Tamil Grass Dart, Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868)
Common Grass Dart, Taractrocera maevius (Fabricius, 1793)
Himalayan Dark Dart Taractrocera danna (Moore, 1878)
Dark Palm Dart, Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- Telicota ancilla bambusae (Moore, 1878)
Pale Palm Dart, Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775)
Telicota linna Evans, 1949
Telicota ohara jix Evans, 1949
Plain Palm Dart, Cephrenes palmarum (Felder, 1862)
Cephrenes chrysozona oceanica Mabille, 1904
Southern Spotted Or Unbranded Ace, Thoressa astigmata (Swinhoe, 1890)
Evershed's Ace, Thoressa evershedi (Evans, 1910)
Madras Ace, Thoressa honorei (De Nicéville, 1887)
Tamil Or Sitala Ace, Thoressa sitala (De Nicéville, 1885)
Grass Demon, Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)
Purple and Gold Flitter Zographetus satwa (de Niceville, 1884)
Purple Spotted Flitter Zographetus ogygia (Hewitson, 1866)

[edit] Pyrginae

Golden Angle, Caprona ransonnetti (Felder, 1868)
Spotted Angle, Caprona agama (Moore , 1857 )
Spotted Angle, Caprona alida (De Nicéville , 1891)
Malabar Spotted Flat, Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, 1865)
Common Spotted Flat, Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar , 1848)
Multispotted Flat, Celaenorrhinus pulomaya (Moore, 1865)
Tamil Spotted Flat, Celaenorrhinus ruficornis (Mabille , 1878)
Bhutan Flat Celaenorrhinus flavocincta (de Niceville, 1887)
Double spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus pyrrha de Niceville, 1889
Celaenorrhinus ratna Evans 1926
Mussoorie Pied Flat Celaenorrhinus pero Leech, 1894
Pied Flat Celaenorrhinus morena Evans, 1924
de Niceville's Spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus sumitra (Moore, 1865)
Large Spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus patula de Niceville, 1889
Common Spotted Flat (?) Celaenorrhinus putra (Moore, 1865)
Himalayan Spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus munda Moore, 1884
Small Banded Flat Celaenorrhinus nigricans (de Niceville, 1885)
Scarce Banded Flat Celaenorrhinus badia (Hewitson, 1877)
Himalayan Yellow Flat Celaenorrhinus dhanada (Moore, 1865)
Tricolour Flat, Cogia indrani (Moore, 1865)
Fulvous Pied Flat, Coladenia dan (Fabricius , 1787)
Brown Pied Flat Coladenia agni (de Niceville, 1883)
Common Yellowbreasted Flat, Daimio bhagava (Moore, 1865)
White Yellow-breast Flat Daimio sinica (Moore, 1884)
Dusky Yellow-breast Flat Daimio phisara (Moore, 1884)
African Mallow/Marbled Skipper, Gomalia elma (Trimen , 1862)
Chestnut/Banded Angle, Odontoptilum angulata (Felder, 1862)
Common Small Flat, Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, 1865)
Spotted Small Flat, Sarangesa purendra (Moore, 1882)
Tytler's White Flat Satarupa zulla Tytler, 1915
Large White Flat Satarupa gopala (Moore, 1865)
Himalayan White Flat Seseria dohertyi Watson, 1863
Sikkim White Flat Seseria sambara (Moore, 1865)
Olive Flat Chamunda chamunda (Moore, 1865)
Indian Grizzled/Indian Skipper, Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793)
Immaculate/Large/Suffused Snow Flat, Tagiades gana (Moore, 1865)^[3]
Common/Ceylon Snow Flat, Tagiades jepetus (Stoll, 1782)
Water Snow Flat, Tagiades litigiosa (Möschler, 1878)
Angled Flat/Black Angle, Tapena twaithesi (Moore, 1881)
Spotted Snow Flat Tagiades menaka (Moore, 1865)
Flat Tagiades cohaerens (T. c. cynthia Evans, 1934)
Yellow Flat Mooreana trichoneura (M. t. pralaya, (Moore, 1865))
Lidderdale's Dawnfly Capila lidderdali (Elwes, 1888)
Pale striped Dawnfly Capila zennara (Moore, 1865)
Striped Dawnfly Capila jayadeva (Moore, 1865)
Marbled Flat Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871)
Hairy Angle Darpa hanria (Moore, 1865)
Zigzag Flat Odina decoratus Hewitson, 1867
Tawny Angle Ctenoptilum vasava (Moore, 1865)

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Haribal, Meena (1994) The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History
^ Haribal, 1994: Mentions O. g. pseudolus (Mabille, 1883)
^ Haribal, 1994:200 Mentions Tagiades parra gala Evans, 1949

[edit] References

Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.