Baracus vittatus

Hedge-hopper
	From Kozhikode, Kerala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Baracus
Species:	B. vittatus
Binomial name
	Baracus vittatus; (Felder, 1862)

Baracus vittatus, the hedge-hopper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Description

In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson described this butterfly as:

Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Male with the lower basal and discal area of both wings olive-grey, and a small subapical spot of the same colour also on the forewing. Female: forewing with a small olive -grey subapical spot and slender macular discal streak: hindwing with less distinct olive-grey lower basal and discal area. Underside ferruginous, the veins narrowly lined with paler ferruginous: forewing with the basal area dusky brown: hindwing with a longitudinal medial yellow fascia from base of cell, and less distinct short yellow discal streak between the veins. Body, palpi, and legs olive-brown, paler beneath.
— Edward Yerbury Watson^[9]

Subspecies

B. v. vittatus (Felder, 1862) Sri Lanka
B. v. subditus Moore, [1884] south India
B. v. septentrionum Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887] Sikkim to northeast India
B. v. hampsoni Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (Hampson's hedge hopper)^[2] south India
B. v. gotha Evans, 1949 Tamil Nadu^[6]^[7]

Life history

The larvae feed on Gramineae.^[10]

Larva
Chrysalis
Chrysalis
Imago (dorsal view)
Imago (ventral view)

References

^ Gamage, R. 2014. An Illustrated Field Guide to the Fauna of Sri Lanka, Butterflies. Akalanka Dunwathta. Baddegama
^ ^a ^b Savela, Markku. "Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
^ Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London: L. Reeve & co. p. 162.
^ Elwes & Edwards (1897). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. pp. 169–171.
^ Moore, Frederic (1884). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. p. 534.
^ ^a ^b 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. pp. 237–238.
^ ^a ^b Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. pp. 40–41.
^ 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. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 130–133.
^ E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 151.
^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts

[1] Gamage, R. 2014. An Illustrated Field Guide to the Fauna of Sri Lanka, Butterflies. Akalanka Dunwathta. Baddegama

[funet-2] Savela, Markku. "Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

[3] Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London: L. Reeve & co. p. 162.

[4] Elwes & Edwards (1897). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. pp. 169–171.

[5] Moore, Frederic (1884). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. p. 534.

[Evans-6] 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. pp. 237–238.

[Smetacek-7] Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. pp. 40–41.

[SwinhoeIndica-8] 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. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 130–133.

[watson-9] E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 151.

[10] Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts

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Baracus vittatus

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