Bengal Tree Flitter
Hyarotis adrastus praba (Moore, [1866]) Mal ayalam Name : നാട്ടു മരത്തുള്ളൻ Order : Lepidopte ra Family : Hesperiidae Sub-family : Hesperiinae Sub species : Hyarotis adrastus praba common names : Bengal Tree Flitter DISTRIBUTION : Species distributed in South Asia and South East Asia. The Sub species found in India and Sri Lanka STATUS: HABITAT: . HABITS IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Male and female, dark chocolate-brown. Upperside, forewing with three small conjugated subapical semi-transparent white spots, three similar and larger discal spots, and a fourth above them within the cell. Underside darker brown basally, paler exteriorly; forewing with spots as above, bordered externally by a suffused dark brown streak; hindwing with a double series of white dark brown-outer-bordered lunules crossing the middle of the wing, beyond which is a submarginal series of suffused dark brown spots. Palpi, thorax, and abdomen beneath pale greyishbrown. Legs brown...