Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1012

Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)

Small Branded Swift

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Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-08 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands.

Identification. Resembles Pelopidas agna , but lower central spots on upper forewing squarish, not linear; an imaginary straight line through two cell spots in male crosses brand near its midpoint; unlike Pelopidas mathias , male brand is black; upper hindwing may be pale or spotted; five small spots usually present and one in cell, or none at all on under hindwing; grey patched in dryseason form on underside; female similar to Pelopidas agna and Pelopidas subochracea .