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Pelopidas mathias mathias  (Fabricius, 1798)

Small Branded Swift

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
​Genus: Pelopidas
Species: mathias
Subspecies: ​mathias

  • Common name: Small Branded Swift
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อหนอนม้วนใบข้าวแถบเพศเล็
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka, Kashmir, India, Sikkim, Assam, Nicobars, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Mindoro, Sulawesi, Lombok, Sumba, Timor.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Cheelong), Chonburi (Pattaya)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Pelopidas mathias mathias from Thailand.
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Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798) Chonburi January
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Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798) Chonburi January
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Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798) Chonburi January
Small Branded Swift female, Pelopidas mathias mathias.jpg
Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798) female Pattaya Chonburi October
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Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798) Cheelong Chaiyaphum September
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Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798) male Cheelong Chaiyaphum December

References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
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