Contiguous swift | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Polytremis |
Species: | P. lubricans
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Binomial name | |
Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) [1]
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Polytremis lubricans, the contiguous swift,[2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2][3][4][5][6]
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms. |
Frederic Moore (1878) gives a detailed description for Hesperia toona:
Male. Differs in the fore wings being slightly more elongate, the hind wing more convex exteriorly, and the anal angle less lobed ; markings above similar, those on the fore wing narrower, the spot between the. median branches elongated and extending to their basal angle ; those on the hind wing very small, the outer spot crossed by a vein. Underside brownish-ochreous ; base of fore wing slightly dusky-ochreous ; markings as above.
The larva on feeds on Imperata, Microstegium, Miscanthus [8]