Bibasis oedipodea
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| Bibasis oedipodea (Swainson, 1820)[1]
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Ismene oedipodea Swainson, 1820 | |
Bibasis oedipodea, or the Branded Orange Awlet,[2] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The butterfly has been reassigned to genus Burara vide Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) and is now known as Burara oedipodea.[3]
Range
The Branded Orange Awlet is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Java, Thailand and Vietnam.[2][4]
In India, the butterfly is found along the Himalayas from Mussoorie to Assam.[2]
The type locality is Java.[2][4]
Description
- See glossary for terms used.
The butterfly has a wingspan of 40 to 50 mm for subspecies ataphus found in Sri Lanka, and of 65 to 70mm in subspecies excellens found in Sulawesi.[4]
Watson (1891) gives a detailed description:[5]
- 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. It 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.
Habits
Crepuscular.[3]
Host-plants
The larva have been recorded on Hiptage benghalensis and Combretum latifolium.[2]
Cited references
- ^ Card for Burara oedipodea in LepIndex. Accessed 16 October 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Bibasis genus.
- ^ a b Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) (see TOL web pages on genus Bibasis and genus Burara in the Tree of Life Web Project) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species, the crepuscular remainder having been removed to Burara. The species now shifted to Burara are morphologically and behaviorally distinct from Bibasis, within which many authors have formerly included them.
- ^ a b c Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 2.6, pp 317-318.
- ^ Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae.
See also
- Hesperiidae
- Coeliadinae
- List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
References
- Evans, W. H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.
Online
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] (accessed 22 September 2007).
- Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Warren, Andrew, (2007). Coeliadinae Evans 1937. Version 21 February 2007 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Coeliadinae/12150/2007.02.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
- Savela, Marrku. Website on Lepidoptera [2] (accessed 22 September 2007)
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