''Tagiades gana'', the immaculate snow flat, large snow flat or suffused snow flat, is a

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 found in Indomalayan realm.

Description

In 1891,

Edward Yerbury Watson Edward Yerbury Watson (27 July 1864 – 8 November 1897) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera most notably Hesperiidae. Yerbury Watson was born in British India to Joanna and George Edward Watson. He joined the North Lan ...

gave a detailed description: ''

Dioscorea alata ''Dioscorea alata'', also known as purple yam, ube (, ), or greater yam, among many other names, is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in ...

'' is a host plant for the larvae.

Gallery

File:Tagiades gana 11.JPG, Larva on ''

'' File:Tagiades gana 15.JPG, Pupa File:Tagiades gana Wynaad.jpg, On flower File:Tagiades gana at Kadavoor.jpg, Basking File:Tagiades gana 04.JPG, Underside File:Tagiadesgana2CRW 5505-24 (2).jpg, Museum specimens from Malaya

Cited references

References

Print * * * Watson, E. Y. (1891) ''Hesperiidae indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.''. Vest and Co. Madras. * Online * *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/ Tagiades Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies of Indochina {{Pyrginae-stub