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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Burara gomata
Burara gomata(Moore, 1865)
  1. Hesperiidae
  2. Coeliadinae
  3. Burara
  4.  gomata
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TL: India, Darjeeling

Male. Upperside pale vinaceous brown ; both wings with pale brownish yellow streaks longitudinally between the veins. Abdomen blackish brown with yellowish bands. Cilia yellowish. Underside dark brown, with the veins and longitudinal streaks between them greyish green, the brown showing only along each side of the veins; posterior margin of forewing broadly pale vinaceous; exterior margin of both wings defined by a brown line. Third joint of palpi and edge of sides brown, the rest yellow. Thorax, legs and abdomen beneath orange yellow. Female. Expanse 2.3 inches. Upperside very dark glossy bronzygreen, shading off into glossy indigo-blue at the apex and outer margin. Underside with the markings and ground-colour darker than in Sikkim males ; forewing with a pale green spot in the second median interspace, with a larger one in the interspace below it, in the male these spots are merged in a large patch of the ochreous ground-colour from the inner margin. The green markings everywhere more restricted and of a darker shade than in the male.
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46-55 mm

    Regional distr. - legend
    Phenogram based on the literature
    • Local names
    • LanguageVernacular name
      EnglishPale Green Awlet
      ไทยผีเสื้อหน้าเข็มปีกมนจาง
      ไทยหน้าปีกมนเขียวจาง
      中文白伞弄蝶
      日本語ウラスジキバネセセリ
    • Primary hostplants
    • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
      AraliaceaeSchefflera
      AraliaceaeTrevesia sundaica
      MyristicaceaeHorsfieldia
    • Synonyms and other combinations
    • Latin nameAuthor
      Bibasis gomataMoore, 1866
      Ismene gomataMoore, 1866
    • Links
    • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
      Butterflies of IndiaKunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy
      Butterflies of Indo-ChinaY.Inayoshi
      Butterflies of Laos
      Lepiforum e. V.

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    Male, upperside.

    Albert LauChina, 香港

    Female, upperside.

    Albert LauChina, 香港

    Male, underside.

    Albert LauChina, 香港

    Female, underside.

    Albert LauChina, 香港
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