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Udaspes folus  (Cramer, 1775)

Grass Demon

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
​Genus: Udaspes
Species: folus

  • Common name: Grass Demon
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อพญาทุ่งหญ้า
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka, S. India, Nepal to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, China, Taiwan, Japan, Langkawi, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Engano, Bawean, Lombok, Sumbawa.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Nam Tok Tad Fa), Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Udaspes folus from Thailand.
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Udaspes folus (Cramer,1775) male Nam Tok Tad Fa Chaiyaphum July
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Udaspes folus (Cramer,1775) male Nam Tok Tad Fa Chaiyaphum July
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Udaspes folus (Cramer,1775) male Nam Tok Tad Fa Chaiyaphum July
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Udaspes folus (Cramer,1775) Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum November
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Udaspes folus (Cramer,1775) male Chaiyaphum
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Udaspes folus (Cramer,1775) female Nam Tok Tad Fa Chaiyaphum July
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Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775) Nakhon Si Thammarat

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