Quedara basiflava

Golden tree flitter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Quedara
Species: Q. basiflava
Binomial name
Quedara basiflava
(de Nicéville, 1888)

Quedara basiflava, the yellow-base flitter [1] or golden tree flitter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and is endemic to India's Western Ghats.[2]

Food plants

The larvae feed on Calamus pseudotenuis, Calamus rotang and Calamus thwaitesii.[3]

References

  1. Kunte, K. and K. Saji. 2013. Quedara basiflava de Nicéville, 1888 – Yellow-base Flitter. In K. Kunte, S. Kalesh & U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 1.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
  2. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Quedara genus.
  3. K. Kunte (2006). "Additions to the known larval host plants of Indian butterflies". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 103 (1): 119–121.


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