''Polytremis discreta'', the Himalayan swift, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

belonging to the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

Distribution

Murree to Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Yunnan

References

Hesperiinae Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina {{Hesperiinae-stub