''Zographetus ogygia'', the purple spotted flitter, 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 ...

belonging to 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 ...

Distribution

From southern India and Sikkim to Malaya, Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Java.

Description

In 1866, William Chapman Hewitson described this butterfly as:

Life history

The larvae feed on ''

Aganope thyrsiflora ''Aganope thyrsiflora'' is a liana which shows the characters of a shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shr ...

''. File:Zographetus ogygia – Purple-spotted Flitter caterpillar on the leaf of Aganope thyrsiflora 02.jpg, Larva File:Zographetus ogygia – Purple-spotted Flitter caterpillar on the leaf of Aganope thyrsiflora 01.jpg, Larval cell File:Zographetus ogygia Hewitson- 1866 – Purple-spotted Flitter lifecycle -Larva hostplant Aganope thyrsiflora (38).jpg, Chrysalis File:Zographetus ogygia Hewitson- 1866 – Purple-spotted Flitter lifecycle -Larva hostplant Aganope thyrsiflora (51).jpg, Imago (ventral view)

References

Hesperiinae Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina {{Hesperiinae-stub