- Source: Gerosis bhagava
Gerosis bhagava, also known as the common yellow-breast flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
Distribution
It is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar.
Description
In 1865, Frederic Moore described this butterfly as:
Upperside dark olive-brown : fore wing with a triangular series of three discal semitransparent white spots, the first being large and within the extremity of the cell, the second quadrate and beneath the first,the third exterior to their junction; beneath these are small black spots bordering a brownish-white streak from middle of posterior margin; a recurved series of small similar white spots before the apex : hindwing with a broad brownish-white sub-basal transverse band, bordered by a semicircular series of black spots, those exteriorly assuming the form of streaks between the veins. Abdomen with a white band Underside as above. Palpi and thorax in front beneath orange-yellow. Cilia brown.
Life history
The larvae feed on Dalbergia lanceolaria.
References
External links
Photo
Japanese butterflies
ToL web