Pelopidas mathias

TaxID: 218750

Basic Information

Pelopidas mathias

Black-branded Swift, Small Branded Swift, small branded swift

Pelopidas mathias, the dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of south, southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in tropical Africa and Arabia.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Hesperiidae

Pelopidas

mathias

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Pelopidas mathias
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Pelopidas mathias
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(c) Thomas Desloges@BY-NC
Pelopidas mathias
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(c) Nico Vromant@BY-NC
Pelopidas mathias
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(c) Nico Vromant@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Resembles Pelopidas agna, but lower central spots on upper forewing squarish, not linear; five small spots usually present and one in cell, or none at all on under hindwing.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (47 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
United Arab Emirates Present —
Benin Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Botswana Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Ethiopia Present —
Gabon Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature