''Taractrocera ceramas'', commonly known as the Tamil grass dart,
[ is a ]butterfly
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belonging to the family Hesperiidae
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, in the hills of southern India
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, in northeast India to northern Burma
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and in south-eastern China
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.
Description
Subspecies
* ''Taractrocera ceramas nicevillei''[ Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (Anaimalai Hills, Tamil Nadu)
* ''Taractrocera ceramas atropunctata''][ (Nilgiris, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, part of Karnataka)
* ''Taractrocera ceramas media''][ Evans, 1934 (Kwang Si, China)
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Gallery
File:Taractrocera ceramas 04935.JPG, Dorsal surface of wings
References
Taractrocerini
Butterflies described in 1868
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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