Bibasis oedipodea
| Branded Orange Awlet | |
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| Species: | B. oedipodea
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Ismene oedipodea Moore, 1881 | |
The Branded Orange Awlet Bibasis oedipodea is a species of hesperid found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Description
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Male. Upperside ochreous olive brown ; forewing with an ochreous-red costal band which also extends across base of the cell ; a large black basal patch below the cell. Cilia of forewing pale brownish grey, of hindwing ochreous-red.
Female differs above only in the absence of the basal black patch, and beneath it in the less prominent white posterior marginal band. Underside ochreous-brown : forewing with a paler ochreous subapical and a marginal fascia, and a broad whitish posterior band : hindwing with bright ochreous red longitudinal streak between the veins, broadest between the median and submedian veins and abdominal margin ; a small black spot at the base above the costal vein. Thorax in front, head, palpi, body beneath, and legs ochreous-red ; terminal joint of palpi brown.[1]
References
- ^ Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.