| Pelopidas mathias | (Fabricius, 1798) |
TL: South India, Tranquebar
Male. Upperside olive brown : forewing with two small yellowish semi-transparent spots within end of cell, three before the apex, and in the male three oblique discal spots followed by a dark-bordered slender straight impressed glandular streak : hindwing with one or two very indistinct pale discal spots. Female with five discal spots in the forewing, and four or five in the hindwing. Underside paler ; markings more distinct ; hindwing also with a spot at upper end of the cell.
36-40 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishBlack Branded Swift EnglishCommon Branded Swift EnglishDark Small-branded Swift EnglishLesser Millet Skipper EnglishSmall Branded Swift 
ไทยหนอนม้วนใบข้าวธรรมดา 
中文隱紋谷弄蝶 
日本語チャバネセセリ 
한국어제주꼬마팔랑나비
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Poaceae Andropogon Beard grass Poaceae Cymbopogon Lemon grass Poaceae Digitaria Crabgrass Poaceae Oryza sativa Asian rice Poaceae Paspalum Paspalums Poaceae Saccharum Sugarcane Poaceae Sorghum Poaceae Zea Teosinte
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Hesperia mathias Fabricius, 1798
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterflies of Indo-China Y.Inayoshi 
Lepiforum e. V.
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