Caltoris kumara

Caltoris kumara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Baorini
Genus: Caltoris
Species: Caltoris kumara
Subspecies: C. k. elongata – C. k. kumara – C. k. lanka – C. k. moorei

Name

Caltoris kumara (Moore, 1878).

Type Locality: Canara.

Holotype: BMNH, leg. S.N. Ward.

Synonyms

• Hesperia kumara Moore, 1858: 255, nudum; 1878: 687.
• Caltoris kumara (Moore); Moore, 1912: 300; Pl.826, figs. 1 ♂, la ♀, lb ♂, Ic larva and pupa.
• Parnara kumara (Moore); Seitz, 1927: 1085, Pl.173c.
• Parnara kumara kumara (Moore); Evans, 1949: 454.

References

• Huang, H. 2011. Notes on the genera Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 and Baoris Moore, [1881] from China (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Atalanta 42(1-4): 201–220. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1. London. i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-12, plates 1a-6a. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1878. Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 686-695, pl.XLV. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1912–1913. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 10. Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae (concluded). 364pp., pls 757–835. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: সাফা জহুর
English: Blank swift