Baracus vittatus
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B. vittatus
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| Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862)
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Baracus vittatus, commonly known as Hampson's Hedge-Hopper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
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Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Male with the lower basal and discal area of both wings olive-grey, and a small subapical spot of the same colour also on the forewing. Female : forewing with a small olive -grey subapical spot and slender macular discal streak : hindwing with less distinct olive-grey lower basal and discal area. Underside ferruginous, the veins narrowly lined with paler ferruginous : forewing with the basal area dusky brown : hindwing with a longitudinal medial yellow fascia from base of cell, and less distinct short yellow discal streak between the veins. Body, palpi, and legs olive-brown, paler beneath.
— E. Y. Watson[2]
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