Indian Dusky Partwing

Psolos fuligo subfasciatus (Moore, 1878)


Malayalam Name

:

കൂവ ചാത്തൻ

Order

:

Lepidoptera

Family

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Hesperiidae

Sub-family

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Hesperiinae

Sub species

:

Psolos fuligo subfasciatus

common names

:

Indian Dusky Partwing

DISTRIBUTION: Species distributed in India

STATUS: It is regarded as an occasional pest of ginger and turmeric plants

HABITAT: . 


HABITS

IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES

It is a small butterfly with a wingspan of 36 to 46 millimetres (1.4 to 1.8 in). Both sexes look alike, excepting that the male has a prominent brand on the under forewing. It is a plain brown butterfly on the upperside. Underneath, the butterfly is similarly coloured but paler. There are diffused greyish-purple markings on the tip of the under forewing and a series of pale spots in spaces 4 to 9. Similarly spots can be seen on the under hindwing in spaces 2 to 7 and at the end cell

SIMILAR SPECIES

LARVAL HOST PLANTS

Indianthus virgatus (=Schumannianthus virgatus), Maranta arundinacea, Stachyphrynium spicatum (Marantaceae).

MORE IMAGES 







Dusky Partwing


Dusky Partwing

Indian Dusky Partwing

Dusky Partwing







Courtesy 

Write up:Wikipaedia
Images: TNHS & iFoundbutterfly.org

കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്  
മാങ്കുളം ഡിവിഷൻ


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