Pseudocoladenia dan explained

Pseudocoladenia dan, commonly known as the fulvous pied flat, is an Indomalayan^[1] species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from India^[2] to southeast Asia.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Former Subspecies

Prior to revision by Hoe et al. in 2023, the species contained:

• P. d. dan (Fabricius, 1787) - India
• P. d. fatih (Kollar, [1844]) - India (Kashmir), Nepal.
• P. d. fabia (Evans, 1949) - Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, South China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan)
• P. d. dhyana (Fruhstorfer, 1909) - Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula
• P. d. sumatrana (Fruhstorfer, 1909) - West Sumatra
• P. d. fulvescens (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
• P. d. eacus (Latreille, [1824]) - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi
• P. d. sadakoe (Sonan & Miltono, 1936) - Taiwan

Biology

The larva feeds on Achyranthes aspera.

References

• Hou, Y., Cao, C., Chiba, C., et al. (2023). Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography, and classification of Pseudocoladenia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 186: 107865 Preprint.[ISSN 1055-7903]

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
2. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Varshney . R.K. . Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 37. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Pseudocoladenia dan (Fabricius, 1787) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 3, 2018.
4. Book: Watson, E. Y. . Hesperiidae Indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon . Edward Yerbury Watson. Vest and Company. 1891. Madras. 120.
5. Book: Evans, W. H. . A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum . William Harry Evans . British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. 1949. London. 112.