Indian Bush Hopper
Ampittia dioscorides dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793) Mal ayalam Name : വയൽചാടൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Ampittia dioscorides dioscorides common names : Indian Bush Hopper/ CommonBush Hopper/ DISTRIBUTION Indo-malayan Realm. The sub species found in India and Myanmar. STATUS: HABITAT: . HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Male. Upper.side. Forewing bright golden-yellow, costal line black, outer margin with a broad even black band, slightly but squarely bulged inward at the hinder angle, a broad black baud on the hinder margin with two golden-yellow spots in it, one a little before the middle, the other a little beyond the middle; a black band running up from the middle of the hinder marginal band to the costa one-third before the apex, throwing out a cross band from above its middle and joining the marginal band SIMILAR SPECIES Incomplete Tawny-spotted Grass Dart ( Taractrocera ceramas ) LARVAL HOST PLANTS Grass spp., C...