Polytremis lubricans

Polytremis lubricans, the contiguous swift,[2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2][3][4][5][6]

Contiguous swift
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Polytremis
Species:
P. lubricans
Binomial name
Polytremis lubricans
Synonyms
  • Goniloba lubricans Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Gegenes contigua Mabille, 1877
  • Hesperia toona Moore, 1878
  • Parnara toona; Piepers & Snellen, 1910
  • Polytrema lubricans
  • Baoris lubricans

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
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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

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 browuish-ochreous ; base of fore wing slightly dusky-ochreous ; markings as above.

— Frederic Moore[7]

Biology

The larva on feeds on Imperata, Microstegium, Miscanthus [8]

References
  1. Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Versuch einer systematischen Anordnung der Schmetterlinge CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (4): 56-64, (5): 67-77, (9): 130-141, (11): 163-172, (12): 184-204
  2. R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 58. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  4. W. H., Evans (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 446.
  5. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 315.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  6. E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 45.
  7. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Moore, Frederick (1878). Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. p. 689.
  8. 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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