Sarangesa purendra
Species of butterfly
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Sarangesa purendra, commonly known as the spotted small flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.[2][1][3][4][5][6]
| Spotted small flat | |
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| From Madayipara, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. purendra |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa purendra | |
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Subspecies
- Sarangesa purendra purendra Moore, 1882 - Himachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand[3]
- Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi Evans, 1921 - Karnataka and Tamil Nadu[3]
- Sarangesa purendra pandra Evans, 1949 - Kerala to Rajasthan[3]
- Sarangesa purendra sati de Nicéville, 1891 - Gujarat (Kutch)[3]
Description
In 1865, Frederic Moore described this butterfly as:
Upperside greyer than in S. dasahara, with paler mottled markings: fore wing with a semidiaphanous white continuous streak across the cell near its end, a continuous small spot above it, three small conjoined spots before the apex, and three on the disk, the middle discal spot large and quadrate. Cilia alternated with grey. Underside paler; fore wing marked as above, and with an additional small white lower spot on the disk, and a basal streak below the cell: hind wing with a small whitish spot in middle of the cell, and a less distinct discal curved series.
Life history
The larvae of Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi feed on Asystasia and Blepharis asperrima.[7] They also feed on Lepidagathis cristata but need confirmation. Whereas the Sarangesa purendra pandra feed on Lepidagathis keralensis.
