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sometimes one, sometimes two of them only present, sometimes all are wanting. Hindwing with indications of a curved discal series of spots darker than the ground colour, often altogether invisible. Cilia of both wings brown. Underside. Forewlng paler than it is above, the hinder marginal area and a broad squarish patch at the hinder angle paler than the rest of the wing, the minute dots as above. Hindwing greyish-white, the costal and outer marginal areas somewhat suffused with brown; a curved series of dark brown discal spots, the lower ones usually mere dots, often invisible. Female. Upperside coloured like the male, but the shade of colour more variable in different examples in this sex than it is in the male, the sub-apical dots often larger (not always) and generally three in number; the spots in the disc much larger, the one at the end of the cell round, the outer spot near the base of the second median interspace usually conical, the one below it the largest and quadrate and two small spots lietween it and the hinder margin. Hindwing with an obscure blackish spot at the end of the cell and a discal series, all of them very indistinct in many examples. Underside. Forewing somewhat paler than the upperside, markings similar. Hindwing usually much darker grey, sometimes blue-grey, a small hlack dot at the end of the cell, in some examples a complete discal irregular series of black spots, but very variable in its prominence, and in many examples no better indicated than it is in the male; head and body above concolorous with the wings; palpi and body below concolorous with the hindwing.
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The eggs are laid on the upper surface of young leaves. They hatch in about six days, whereupon they will construct a leaf shelter by cutting the edge of a leaf, folding a triangular piece back, and then attaching it with silk. During the day, they hide under this shelter and only emerge at night to
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Male. Upperside fuliginous-brown. Forewlng with three minute subapical white dots, one of them, sometimes two of them, often absent; a minute dot at the end of the cell, another near the base of the second median interspace, and a third below it, in the middle of the first median interspace,
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contains several subspecies including the ones listed below with their common names and areas of distribution:
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to the Philippines and down to Papua New Guinea and the surrounding islands, and northeastern Australia.
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They are commonly found in the edges of rainforests, vine thickets, and sometimes in cultivated lands.
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Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon
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have a wide range of occurrence. They are found from Sri Lanka and India to the Himalayas, and
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A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum
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Butterflies of Australia: Their Identification, Biology and Distribution
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feed. The larvae feed on leaves of vines belonging to the genus
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The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia
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Kerala
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Tagiades
Binomial name
Stoll
Synonyms
species
spread-winged
skipper
butterfly
Hesperiidae
Himalayas
subspecies
Glossary of entomology terms
Charles Swinhoe
Lepidoptera Indica
Dioscorea
Dioscorea transversa
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea numularia
wet season
Indochina

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