Polytremis lubricans

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Polytremis lubricans, the contiguous swift,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[1][2][3][4][5]

Subspecies

  • Polytremis lubricans lubricans (Tibet, India, Indo-China, Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sangihe, Banggai, Sula)
  • Polytremis lubricans taiwana Matsumura, 1919 (Taiwan, Anhui, Yunnan)

Description

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Frederic Moore (1878) gives a detailed description for Hesperia toona:

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Male. Differs in the fore wings being slightly more elongate, the hind wing more convex exteriorly, and the anal angle less lobed; markings above similar, those on the fore wing narrower, the spot between the. median branches elongated and extending to their basal angle; those on the hind wing very small, the outer spot crossed by a vein. Underside brownish-ochreous; base of fore wing slightly dusky-ochreous; markings as above.

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Biology

The larva on feeds on Imperata, Microstegium, Miscanthus [7]

References

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  7. Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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