Sovia hyrtacus
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Sovia hyrtacus (de Nicéville, 1897)
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Sovia hyrtacus, the bicolour ace or white-branded ace,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[2][3] It is found in Western Ghats from Goa to Kerala.[1]
The larvae feed on Ochlandra travancorica.[4]
References
- ^ a b Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 42.
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(help) - ^ de Nicéville, Lionel (1897). "Indo and Austro-Malayan regions". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 66(1897): 575.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Sovia Evans, 1949". Lepidoptera Perhoset Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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(help) - ^ Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions of the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 235–238.