Caltoris kumara explained

Caltoris kumara, the blank swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.^[1]

Description

It is found in the India and Sri Lanka.^[2] In India, a range extension of this species to the western Himalaya was recorded in 2018.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Evans, W. H. . William Harry Evans

   . A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum . British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology . 1949 . London . 454 . William Harry Evans.

2. Book: Varshney, R.K. . A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Smetacek . Peter . Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing . 2015 . 978-81-929826-4-9 . New Delhi . 59–60 . 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
3. Shankar . Kumar . Singh . Paramjit . Singh . Raj Shekhar . 2018 . Range Extension of Ciliate Blue Anthene emolus Godart (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and Blank Swift Caltoris kumara Moore (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) into the Lower Western Himalaya . J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. . 115 . 6–7 . 10.17087/jbnhs/2018/v115/114782 . 31 January 2024.