Dakhan Golden Angle

August 21, 2023

Caprona ransonnettii potiphera (Hewitson, 1873)

Malayalam Name	:	സ്വർണ്ണപരപ്പൻ
Order	:	Lepidoptera
Family	:	Hesperiidae
Sub-family	:	Hesperrinae
Sub species	:	Caprona ransonnettii potiphera
common names	:	Dakhan Golden Angle

DISTRIBUTION India & Southeast Asia

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HABITS

IDENTIFICATION FEATURES

Upperside fuliginous ochreous-brown. Male; forewing with three small semi-transparent white spots before the apex (and sometimes one or two very minute spots obliquely below them), two spots within end of the cell, a slender spot between the upper and middle median veins, a larger spot between the latter vein and submedian, and followed below it by two small obliquely disposed spots; a marginal double row of pale indistinct small lunules; hindwing with a broad medial discal macular pale ochreous band traversed by brown veins and a spot within end of the cell, the outer discal area suffused with grey-brown. Cilia alternated with white. Female; forewing with the spots and marginal lunules, and the macular band on hindwing more prominent, the latter also more distinctly bordered with grey. Underside: forewing paler brown; the basal area greyish-white, the spots with clouded black outer borders; hindwing greyish-white, the outer margin only being brown, traversed by a curved discal series of small blackish spots.

SIMILAR SPECIES

LARVAL HOST PLANTS