Notocrypta paralysos
Common banded demon | |
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Upper side | |
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Underside, Bali, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Notocrypta |
Species: | N. paralysos
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Binomial name | |
Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)
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Notocrypta paralysos, the banded demon or common banded demon,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India.[1][2][3]
Description[]
Male and Female. Very similar to Notocrypta feisthamelii, the wings somewhat shorter and broader, the post-medial white band of the forewing very similar both above and below, but there is a small white spot opposite the cell end, towards the outer margin, and there are no sub-apical dots, and on the underside of the hindwing there is a small white spot inside the end of the cell and another below it, nearly half way between it and the outer margin, and there is a white mark on each side of the face.
References[]
- ^ a b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 49. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
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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. p. 202.
- ^ E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 127.
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Categories:
- Notocrypta
- Butterflies of Asia
- Butterflies of Singapore
- Butterflies of Indochina
- Taxa named by James Wood-Mason
- Hesperiinae stubs