Bibasis oedipodea


Bibasis oedipodea, the branded orange awlet, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The butterfly was reassigned to the genus Burara by Vane-Wright and de Jong and is considered by them to be Burara oedipodea.

Range

The branded orange awlet is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Java, Thailand and Vietnam. In India, the butterfly is found along the Himalayas from Mussoorie to Assam. The type locality is Java in Indonesia.

Description

The butterfly has a wingspan of 40 to 50 mm for subspecies ataphus found in Sri Lanka, and of 65 to 70 mm in subspecies excellens found in Sulawesi.
Edward Yerbury Watson gives a detailed description:

Habits

This butterfly is crepuscular.

Host plants

The larva have been recorded on Hiptage benghalensis and Combretum latifolium.

Cited references

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