Caltoris kumara

Blank swift
	C.k. kumara; Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Caltoris
Species:	C. kumara
Binomial name
	Caltoris kumara; (Moore, 1878)
Synonyms
	Parnara kumara Moore, 1878

Caltoris kumara, the blank swift,^[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.^[2]^[3]

Description

Female. Upperside dark olive brown; forewing with a transverse discal series of seven yellowish semi-diaphanous spots from before the apex; cilia pale brownish-yellow. Underside deep ochreous-brown; forewing marked as above, the lowest spot being yellow : hindwing with a single discal indistinct yellow spot between the two lower median branches, Palpi and body brown; tarsi ochreous. This species is also found in Ceylon, the male differing from the female above and beneath in the first upper and lower discal spots being absent.
— Edward Yerbury Watson^[4]

It is found in the India and Sri Lanka.^[1] In India, a range extension of this species to the western Himalaya was recorded in 2018.^[5]

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Larva
Pupa
Imago

References

^ ^a ^b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. pp. 59–60. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
^ 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. 454.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. Vol. 10. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 300–301.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is 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. 41.
^ Shankar, Kumar; Singh, Paramjit; Singh, Raj Shekhar (2018). "Range Extension of Ciliate Blue Anthene emolus Godart (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and Blank Swift Caltoris kumara Moore (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) into the Lower Western Himalaya". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 115: 6–7. doi:10.17087/jbnhs/2018/v115/114782 (inactive 2024-09-12).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024 (link)

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[Smetacek-1] Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. pp. 59–60. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

[Evans-2] 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. 454.

[SwinhoeIndica-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. Vol. 10. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 300–301.

[Watson-4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is 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. 41.

[Kumar-5] Shankar, Kumar; Singh, Paramjit; Singh, Raj Shekhar (2018). "Range Extension of Ciliate Blue Anthene emolus Godart (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and Blank Swift Caltoris kumara Moore (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) into the Lower Western Himalaya". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 115: 6–7. doi:10.17087/jbnhs/2018/v115/114782 (inactive 2024-09-12).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024 (link)

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