Pithauria murdava

Pithauria murdava is a skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1866. It is found in Darjeeling, India.

Pithauria murdava
Pithauria murdava figure 13
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Pithauria
Species:	P. murdava
Binomial name
Pithauria murdava Moore, 1866
Synonyms
Ismene murdava Moore, 1866 Hesperia weymeri Protz, 1883[1]

Description

Upperside olive brown: forewing with the base grey, with six small yellow spots, two within the extremity of the cell, two near the costa, one-third from the apex, and two midway beneath; hindwing grey to beyond the middle. Underside pale yellowish brown; disk of forewing blackish, spots as above: hindwing with indistinct submarginal and discal pale yellowish spots. Abdomen above with greyish-brown segmental bands. Palpi, abdomen, and legs beneath dull yellow.^[2]