Euaspa motokii
| Euaspa motokii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euaspa |
| Species: | E. motokii
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| Binomial name | |
| Euaspa motokii Koiwaya, 2002
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Euaspa motokii, also known as the Kachin hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Arunachal Pradesh in India and Myanmar. It was described by Satoshi Koiwaya in 2002. This species is monotypic.[1][2]
Description
This species can be separated from its congeners from the following characteristics:[3]
- The subterminal area of underside forewing in space 1b to 2 having a less prominent black mark. Euaspa forsteri has a prominent black mark.
- The presence of two sub-basal white markings on the underside hindwing.
- The presence of one oval shape in the cell and a semi-circular shape in space 7.
The larvae of this species are known to feed on Castanopsis.[3]
References
- ^ "Euaspa". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ Koiwaya, Satoshi (2002). "Descriptions of five new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China, Myanmar and India". Gekkan Mushi.
- ^ a b Das, Gaurab Nandi; Gayen, Subrata; Saito, Motoki; Chandra, Kailash (2019-07-26). "Notes on the hairstreak butterflies Euaspa Moore, 1884 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with new distribution records to the Indian eastern Himalaya". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 11 (9): 14238–14241. doi:10.11609/jott.4873.11.9.14238-14241. ISSN 0974-7907. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.