Sarangesa purendra
species of insect
Sarangesa purendra, commonly known as the spotted small flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
Subspecies
Sarangesa purendra purendra Moore, 1882 - Himachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand
Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi Evans, 1921 - Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Sarangesa purendra pandra Evans, 1949 - Kerala to Rajasthan
Sarangesa purendra sati de Nicéville, 1891 - Gujarat (Kutch)
Description
In 1865, Frederic Moore described this butterfly as:
Upperside greyer than in S. dasahara, with paler mottled markings: fore wing with a semidiaphanous white continuous streak across the cell near its end, a continuous small spot above it, three small conjoined spots before the apex, and three on the disk, the middle discal spot large and quadrate. Cilia alternated with grey. Underside paler; fore wing marked as above, and with an additional small white lower spot on the disk, and a basal streak below the cell: hind wing with a small whitish spot in middle of the cell, and a less distinct discal curved series.
Life history
The larvae of Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi feed on Asystasia and Blepharis asperrima. They also feed on Lepidagathis cristata but need confirmation. Whereas the Sarangesa purendra pandra feed on Lepidagathis keralensis.
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