Sarangesa purendra

Sarangesa purendra, commonly known as the spotted small flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.^{[2][1][3][4][5][6]}

Spotted small flat
From Madayipara, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sarangesa
Species:	S. purendra
Binomial name
Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882[1]
Synonyms
Pyrgus purendra Sarangesa hopkinsi Evans, 1921

Subspecies

• Sarangesa purendra purendra Moore, 1882 - Himachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand^[3]
• Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi Evans, 1921 - Karnataka and Tamil Nadu^[3]
• Sarangesa purendra pandra Evans, 1949 - Kerala to Rajasthan^[3]
• Sarangesa purendra sati de Nicéville, 1891 - Gujarat (Kutch)^[3]

Description

In 1865, Frederic Moore described this butterfly as:

Upperside greyer than in S. dasahara, with paler mottled markings: fore wing with a semidiaphanous white continuous streak across the cell near its end, a continuous small spot above it, three small conjoined spots before the apex, and three on the disk, the middle discal spot large and quadrate. Cilia alternated with grey. Underside paler; fore wing marked as above, and with an additional small white lower spot on the disk, and a basal streak below the cell: hind wing with a small whitish spot in middle of the cell, and a less distinct discal curved series.

— Frederic Moore^[2]

Life history

The larvae of Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi feed on Asystasia and Blepharis asperrima.^[7] They also feed on Lepidagathis cristata but need confirmation. Whereas the Sarangesa purendra pandra feed on Lepidagathis keralensis.