''Sarangesa sati'', the tiny flat, 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 ...
in 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 ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the
Kutch district of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9] The species is alternatively listed as a race or subspecies of ''
Sarangesa purendra
''Sarangesa purendra'', the spotted small flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Subspecies
*''Sarangesa purendra purendra'' Moore, 1882 - Himachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand
*''Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi'' Evans, 1921 - Karnatak ...
''.
References
Butterflies described in 1891
Celaenorrhinini
Butterflies of Asia
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