Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Taractrocerini > Taractrocera
Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868) – Tawny-spotted Grass Dart
Subspecies in India:
"Three subspecies names are commonly listed in literature: Taractrocera ceramas media Evans, 1934, Taractrocera ceramas nicevillei Watson, 1893, and Taractrocera ceramas oberthueri Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (Evans 1949). We treat them as infrasubspecific variation as there is no geographic separation between these presumed subspecies. We treat the NE Indian and N. Myanmarese taxon as a distinct species, Taractrocera atropunctata Watson, 1896 based on differences in the male genitalia." (Nitin et al. 2018).
This species is also known as the Tamil Grass Dart.
This species is also known as the Tamil Grass Dart.
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Taractrocera ceramas – Tawny-spotted Grass Dart
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Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Hesperiinae > Taractrocerini > Taractrocera
Cite this page along with its URL as:
K. Saji. 2019. Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868) – Tawny-spotted Grass Dart. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.72. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/1065/Taractrocera-ceramas
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