''Quedara basiflava'', the yellow-base flitter Kunte, K. and K. Saji. 2013. Quedara basiflava de Nicéville, 1888 – Yellow-base Flitter. In K. Kunte, S. Kalesh & U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 1.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies

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

belonging to the family Hesperiidae and is endemic to India's Western Ghats.Markku Savela's website on Lepidopter
Page on genus ''Quedara''.
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Description

Food plants

The larvae feed on '' Calamus hookerianus'', '' Calamus pseudofeanus'', ''

Calamus rotang ''Calamus rotang'', also known as common rattan, is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar (Burma). It is one of the scandent (climbing) rattan palms used to make Malacca cane furniture, baskets, walking-sticks, umbrellas, table ...

'' and ''

Calamus thwaitesii ''Calamus thwaitesii'' is a species of rattan palm in the family Arecaceae. It is native to Southwest India and Sri Lanka. References thwaitesii Flora of India (region) {{Palm-stub ...

''.

References

Hesperiinae Butterflies described in 1888 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Lionel de Nicéville {{Hesperiinae-stub