''Telicota bambusae'', the dark palm dart, is a grass skipper butterfly of 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 found in India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and on Peninsular Malaysia.''Telicota'' Funet
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Description

Subspecies

*''Telicota bambusae bambusae'' (Moore, 1878) – Oriental Dark Palm-Dart *''Telicota bambusae horisha'' Evans, 1934

References

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* Taractrocerini Butterflies described in 1878 Butterflies of Sri Lanka Butterflies of Malaysia Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Hesperiinae-stub