Coladenia indrani

Coladenia indrani, the tricolour pied flat,[2][3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in Sri Lanka, India to Myanmar. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.[2][3][4][5]

Tricolored pied flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Coladenia
Species:
C. indrani
Binomial name
Coladenia indrani
(Moore, 1865)[1]

Description

In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson described the butterfly as:

Upperside bright golden-yellow: forewing with a discal series of four semi-transparent white black-bordered spots, the first small and above the extremity of the cell, the second large quadrate and within the cell, the third elongate and beneath the latter, the fourth exterior to their juncture: beneath these is a pale golden -yellow black- bordered spot: before the apex is a series of four similar white spots with black border, the three upper of which are conjugated; a well-defined black spot beneath the cell near the base; exterior margin and cilia blackish, the latter white at the posterior angle: hindwing with a semi-circular submarginal series of black spots and two similar inner discal spots; exterior margin black; cilia alternate black and white. Underside blackish-brown suffused with golden-yellow, brightest on the hindwing: markings as above but more clearly defined. Tip of palpi black: thorax, body, palpi (except tip), and legs yellow- Antennae yellow, tip black.

— E. Y. Watson[6]

Expanse of 1.75 inches.

It is found in Odisha, Sikkim, central India and the Western Ghats.

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References
  1. Moore, F. P. Z. S., 1865, p. 789.
  2. Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 29. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Coladenia indrani (Moore, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  4. Evans, W. H. (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 115.
  5. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. 10. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 63–65.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  6. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Watson, E. Y. (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 118.


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