Caltoris cahira austeni

Austen's swift
	Male, female and male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Caltoris
Species:	C. cahira austeni
Binomial name
	Caltoris cahira austeni; (Moore, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
	Parnara austeni; Baoris austeni

Caltoris cahira austeni, the Austen's swift, is a species of skipper butterfly found in Asia.

Close wing position of Caltoris cahira austeni Moore, 1883 - Austen's swift

Description

Male and Female. Upperside dark brown. Male: forewing with two small semi-hyaline white spots at end of the cell, two before the apex, and three obliquely on the disk, the two upper of which are small. Female with markings the same, but slightly larger ; also with a small yellow spot above the hind margin; cilia cinereous-white. Underside as above; both sexes having also a slight yellowish patch above the hind margin.
— Edward Yerbury Watson[2]

It is found in the Khasi Hills, Sikkim and Cherrapunji.

References

Moore, P. Z. S., 1883, p. 533.
Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Vest and co. Madras

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[1] Moore, P. Z. S., 1883, p. 533.

[2] Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Vest and co. Madras