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{{Taxobox | name = Small Palm Bob <br/>(''Suastus minuta'') |
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| authority = ([[Frederic Moore|Moore]], 1877)<ref>Moore, 1877 Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera ''[[Journal of Natural History|Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.]]'' (4) 20 (118) : 339-348</ref> |
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| familia = [[Hesperiidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Suastus]]'' |
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| species = '''''S. minuta''''' |
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| binomial_authority = ([[Frederic Moore|Moore]], 1877) |
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'''''Suastus minutus''''', the '''small palm bob''', is a [[butterfly]] belonging to the family [[Hesperiidae]]. It is found in the [[Indomalayan realm]] - south India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and (''S. m. flemingi'' Eliot, 1973) Malaya.<ref name=Smetacek>{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260|title=A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India|last1=R.K.|first1=Varshney|last2=Smetacek|first2=Peter|publisher=Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi|year=2015|isbn=978-81-929826-4-9|location=New Delhi|pages=50–51|doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164}}</ref><ref>[[Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]], 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9</ref><ref>Corbet, A. S. & Pendlebury, H. M., 1956. ''The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula'' Edn. 2. Edinburgh Oliver and Boyd xi+537 pp, 159 figs, 55 pls.</ref><ref name="watson">{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64080#page/110/mode/1up|title=Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon|last=E. Y.|first=Watson|author-link=Edward Yerbury Watson|publisher=Vest and Company|year=1891|location=Madras|pages=96}}</ref><ref name=Evans>{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/187283#page/321/mode/1up|title=A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum|last=W. H.|first=Evans|author-link=William Harry Evans |publisher=British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology|year=1949|location=London|pages=297}}</ref><ref name=SwinhoeIndica>{{Source-attribution|sentence=yes|{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103495#page/165/mode/1up|title=Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X |last=Swinhoe|first=Charles|author-link=Charles Swinhoe|publisher=Lovell Reeve and Co.|year=1912–1913|volume=10 |location=London|pages=151}}}}</ref> |
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'''''Suastus minuta''''', commonly known as the '''Small Palm Bob''', is a [[butterfly]] belonging to the family [[Hesperiidae]]. |
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==Description== |
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{{Entomology glossary hatnote}} |
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[[File:Suastus minuta.JPG|left|thumb|Illustration]] |
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[[File:Suastus minuta – Small Palm Bob.jpg|thumb|Small palm bob]] |
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{{Quote|Male. Upperside dark blackish-brown, without any markings. Cilia of forewing brown, whitish at hinder angle, of hindwing white, with a few brown marks in it. Underside. Forewing paler brown, an obscure whitish mark at the upper end of the cell and another (less obscure) in the middle of the interno-median inter.space. Hindwing with the costal space broadly suffused with brown, the re.st of the wing; blue grey, sparsely covered with minute brown scales, thickest towards the outer margin, a small black spot at the end of the cell, a large one in the middle of the interno-median interspace, with a spot or two, more or less obsolescent, above it, a black spot at the anal angle, with one or two obscure spots on the margin in the interspaces above it. Antennae black, with whitish dots on the underside; palpi, head and body blackish brown above, grey on the underside, legs brown above, grey beneath. |
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Female like the male, but with comparatively longer forewing; on the underside, the whitish mark in the middle of the interno-median interspace is large, the grey portion of the hindwing is paler, the anal spot generally absent.|author=[[Charles Swinhoe]]|source=[[Lepidoptera Indica]]. Vol. X<ref name=SwinhoeIndica/>}} |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Hesperiinae]] |
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[[Category:Butterflies of Indochina]] |
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[[Category:Butterflies of Sri Lanka]] |
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[[Category:Butterflies described in 1877]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Frederic Moore]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:44, 30 December 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Suastus |
| Species: | S. minutus
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Suastus minutus, the small palm bob, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm - south India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and (S. m. flemingi Eliot, 1973) Malaya.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Description
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Male. Upperside dark blackish-brown, without any markings. Cilia of forewing brown, whitish at hinder angle, of hindwing white, with a few brown marks in it. Underside. Forewing paler brown, an obscure whitish mark at the upper end of the cell and another (less obscure) in the middle of the interno-median inter.space. Hindwing with the costal space broadly suffused with brown, the re.st of the wing; blue grey, sparsely covered with minute brown scales, thickest towards the outer margin, a small black spot at the end of the cell, a large one in the middle of the interno-median interspace, with a spot or two, more or less obsolescent, above it, a black spot at the anal angle, with one or two obscure spots on the margin in the interspaces above it. Antennae black, with whitish dots on the underside; palpi, head and body blackish brown above, grey on the underside, legs brown above, grey beneath.
Female like the male, but with comparatively longer forewing; on the underside, the whitish mark in the middle of the interno-median interspace is large, the grey portion of the hindwing is paler, the anal spot generally absent.
References
[edit]- ^ Moore, 1877 Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 339-348
- ^ R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 50–51. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ Corbet, A. S. & Pendlebury, H. M., 1956. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Edn. 2. Edinburgh Oliver and Boyd xi+537 pp, 159 figs, 55 pls.
- ^ E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 96.
- ^ W. H., Evans (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 297.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. Vol. 10. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 151.
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