Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878)

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 subochracea (Moore, 1878)

Large Branded Swift

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Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-06, T-08, T-09 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, and roadside vegetation.

Identification. Under hindwing with prominent white spots and one in cell, some may be absent; female with an additional spot near inner edge and a second smaller one above it on under forewing, spread over whitish area near under forewing inner edge; male upper forewing spots well marked, a prominent pale brand with the lower end of the brand nearer to base than to outer edge, no spot near inner edge, upper hindwing usually unmarked.