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Indian Palm Bob
Suastus gremius
-6.19898, 106.804
Field Notes
Description:
Forewing length 17mm (base to tip), dark brown with whitish orewing spots. Underside greyish brown with the forewing spots showing through and with 6 prominent black hindwing spots.
Habitat:
Spotted at Taman Langsat - Jakarta, also found from India to S China and through South East Asia.
It has become widespread through the cultivation of horticultural palms that are its host plant.
Notes:
Suastus gremius, the Indian palm bob or palm bob, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Suastus
Species: S. gremius
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 24, 2017
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