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Branded Orange Awlet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Coeliadinae
Genus: Bibasis
Species: B. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a A skipper is a Butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (superfamily Hesperioidea named after their quick darting flight habits A skipper is a Butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (superfamily Hesperioidea named after their quick darting flight habits Coeliadinae is a Subfamily of the Hesperiidae ("skippers" family of Butterflies. The awlets, Bibasis, are a Genus of Skipper butterflies. Selected species Bibasis amara - Small oedipodea
Binomial name
Bibasis oedipodea
(Swainson, 1820)[1]
Synonyms

Ismene oedipodea Swainson, 1820
Burara oedipodea

Bibasis oedipodea, or the Branded Orange Awlet,[2] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. A skipper is a Butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (superfamily Hesperioidea named after their quick darting flight habits A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a The butterfly has been reassigned to genus Burara vide Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) and is now known as Burara oedipodea. Bibasis oedipodea, or the Branded Orange Awlet, is a species of hesperid Butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia [3]

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Range

The Branded Orange Awlet is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Java, Thailand and Vietnam. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially [2][4]

In India, the butterfly is found along the Himalayas from Mussoorie to Assam. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Mussoorie is a city and a Municipal board, about 34 km from Dehradun and in Dehradun district Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city [2]

The type locality is Java. Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. [2][4]

Status

'Not Rare' in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island [4]

Description

See glossary for terms used. "Tornus" redirects here For the Gastropod Genus, see Tornus (gastropod.

The butterfly has a wingspan of 40 to 50 mm in respect of subspp ataxus found in Sri Lanka, and of 65 to 70mm in respect of subspp excellens found in Sulawesi. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes, ˈsɛlɛbiz is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the [4]

Watson (1891) gives a detailed description:[5]

Male. Upperside ochreous olive brown ; forewing with an ochreous-red costal band which also extends across base of the cell ; a large black basal patch below the cell. Cilia of forewing pale brownish grey, of hindwing ochreous-red.
Female. It differs above only in the absence of the basal black patch, and beneath it in the less prominent white posterior marginal band. Underside ochreous-brown : forewing with a paler ochreous subapical and a marginal fascia, and a broad whitish posterior band : hindwing with bright ochreous red longitudinal streak between the veins, broadest between the median and submedian veins and abdominal margin ; a small black spot at the base above the costal vein. Thorax in front, head, palpi, body beneath, and legs ochreous-red ; terminal joint of palpi brown.

Habits

Crepescular. [3]

Host-plants

The larva has been recorded on Hiptage benghalensis and Combretum latifolium. Hiptage benghalensis, often simply called Hiptage, is a perennial, Evergreen Liana native to India, Southeast [2]

Cited references

  1. ^ Card for Burara oedipodea in LepIndex. Accessed 16 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Bibasis genus.
  3. ^ a b Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) (see TOL web pages on genus Bibasis and genus Burara in the Tree of Life Web Project) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species, the crepuscular remainder having been removed to Burara. The species now shifted to Burara are morphologically and behaviorally distinct from Bibasis, within which many authors have formerly included them.
  4. ^ a b c d Evans,W. H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 2. 6, pp 317-318.
  5. ^ Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae.

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