''Bibasis oedipodea'', the branded orange awlet,
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''Bibasis'', the awlets, are a genus of skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that ''Bibasis'' contains just three diurnal species (''B. aquilina'', ''B. iluska'', ''B. sena'') ...
'' by Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) and is considered by them to be ''Burara oedipodea''.[Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) (see TOL web pages o]
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state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species, the crepuscular
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remainder having been removed to ''Burara''. The species now shifted to ''Burara'' are morphologically and behaviorally distinct from ''Bibasis'', within which many authors have formerly included them.
Range
The branded orange awlet is found in India, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, Myanmar
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, Malaysia, Java, Thailand and Vietnam.
Description
The butterfly has a wingspan of 40 to 50 mm for subspecies ''ataphus'' found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, and of 65 to 70 mm in subspecies ''excellens'' found in Sulawesi
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.[Watson, E. Y. (1891) ''Hesperiidae indicae''. Vest and Co. Madras]
Biology
This butterfly is crepuscular
In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period, being matutinal, vespertine, or both. This is distinguished from diurnal and nocturnal behavior, where an animal is active during the hours of daylig ...
.Combretum latifolium
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Cited references
*Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Warren, Andrew, (2007). Coeliadinae Evans 1937. Version 21 February 2007 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Coeliadinae/12150/2007.02.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
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oediopodea
Taxa named by William John Swainson
Butterflies described in 1820
Butterflies of Indonesia