| Matapa aria | (Moore, 1865) |
TL: India, Calcuta
Male and female chocolate brown. Male. Upperside, pale brown ; forewing with a short impressed comma-like grey streak obliquely beneath the cell. Cilia yellowish white. Underside bright ferruginous brown. Palpi ferruginous brown. Female. Upperside dark chocolate brown without the impressed streak ; cilia of hindwing pale orange yellow. Underside bright ferruginous brown
35 - 45 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishCommon Redeye 
മലയാളംചെങ്കണ്ണി 
ไทยตาแดงธรรมดา ไทยผีเสื้อตาแดงธรรมดา 
中文瑪弄蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Poaceae Bambusa vulgaris Common bamboo Poaceae Ochlandra scriptoria Poaceae Ochlandra travancorica
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- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Ismene aria Moore, 1865 Hesperia neglecta Mabille, 1876
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterflies of Indo-China Y.Inayoshi Butterflies of Singapore
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