Aeromachus kali
| Aeromachus kali | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Aeromachus |
| Species: | A. kali |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeromachus kali de Nicéville, 1885 | |
Aeromachus kali is a species of Skipper butterfly found in Asia (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Laos).
Description
Male upperside deep purplish black, the cilia cinereous. Underside slightly paler. Forewing with a discal outwardly angled series of eight pale violet-white dots, an even somewhat larger marginal lunular series. Hindwing with a discal irregular series of pale violet-white spots, within which are some obscure pale markings; a marginal series as in the forewing. Cilia cinereous, marked with dark brown at the ends ofthe nervules.
— E. Y. Watson[1]
Wing expanse of 1.15 inches.
Found in Sikkim.
References
- ↑ Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae. Vest and co. Madras
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