Tamil Ace

bThoressa sitala (de Nicéville, 1885) Mal ayalam Name : Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Thoressa evershedi common names : Tamil Ace / Nilgiri Plain Ace DISTRIBUTION: South India STATUS: Endemic to Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats HABITAT: . HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Male. Upperside blackish-brown, much the same colour as in H. sitala. Forewing with the spots similarly placed, but a little smaller. Cilia grey, with brown patches. Hindwing without markings, uniformly coloured. Cilia grey, without the patches. Underside. Forewing paler brown, the costal and apical areas suffused with ochreous-red, the spots as on the upperside. Hindwing ochreous-red, the abdominal half of the wing and the costa (narrowly) suffused with brown, the outer margin with a brownish macular band and with indications of some brownish discal spots. Antennae black, ringed with white, apical half of club orange-red, the lower half of the clu...