Caltoris canaraica
Species of butterfly
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Caltoris canaraica, the Kanara swift,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[2][1][3][4]
| Kanara swift | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Caltoris |
| Species: | C. canaraica |
| Binomial name | |
| Caltoris canaraica (Moore, 1883) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parnara canaraica | |
Distribution
This skipper is found in Southern India (Kerala, Karnataka Tamilnadu and south-western Andhra Pradesh).[1]
Description
Male and Female. Upperside dark brown, basal area olive-brown. Male: Forewing with two small oval semi-diaphanous white spots at the end of the cell, three spots obliquely before the apex, and three on the disk; hindwing without makings; cilia brownish-cinereous. Under side paler brown, irrorated with ochreous scales which are thickly disposed along the costa and apex of forewing and across discal area of hindwing: forewing marked as above, also with a small whitish spot above hind margin: hindwing with two discal white spots. Female: forewing with larger spots than in the male, also with a minute dot beneath the lower discal spot and a triangular yellow spot above hind margin; hindwing with three discal semi-diaphanous spots. Underside: forewing as above: hindwing with four discal white spots, and a fifth at end of the cell.
Habitat: Canara (Ward)
Life cycle
Host plants
The larva (caterpillar) has been recorded on Bambusa bambos, Bambusa vulgaris and Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha.[6]
