Butterfly

Oriens concinna (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) - Sahyadri Dartlet

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No subspecies are listed under this species. It is also known as the Tamil Dartlet.

This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Cephrenes acalle (Höpffer, 1874) - Plain Palm-Dart

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(1) Cephrenes acalle oceanica (Mabille, 1904) – Variable Plain Palm-Dart
(2) Cephrenes acalle nicobarica Evans, 1932 – Nicobar Plain Palm-Dart

Ochlodes siva (Moore, 1878) - Black-branded Darter

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(1) Ochlodes siva siva (Moore, 1878) – Khasi Black-branded Darter.

The species is also known as the Assam Darter.

Ochlodes brahma (Moore, 1878) - Grey-branded Darter

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No subspecies are listed under this species. It is also known as the Himalayan Darter.

Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) - Chequered Darter

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(1) Hesperia comma dimila (Moore, [1875]) – Garhwal Chequered Darter

Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Contiguous Swift

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(1) Polytremis lubricans lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Oriental Contiguous Swift

This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869) - Yellow-spot Swift

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(1) Polytremis eltola eltola (Hewitson, 1869) – Darjeeling Yellow-spot Swift

Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) - White-fringed Swift

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(1) Polytremis discreta discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Himalayan White-fringed Swift. This is also known as the Himalayan Swift.

This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878) - Large Branded Swift

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(1) Pelopidas subochracea subochracea (Moore, 1878) – Bengal Large Branded Swift

Pelopidas spp. - - Pelopidas Swifts

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Eight species of Pelopidas occur in India. While some of them are easy to identify to a species level from images, some have to be inspected more closely, and a few have to be collected and dissected to inspect the male genitalia to confirm species identifications. This page hosts such images where species identities have not been determined yet. However, this image gallery will help experts on the website team as well as those externally affiliated to easily compare these images with already identified reference images and museum specimens.