Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Small Banded Swift - mating pair

Pelopidas mathias

Description:

Pelopidas mathias, commonly known as the Dark Small-branded Swift, Small Branded Swift, Lesser Millet Skipper or Black Branded Swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of Southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in Tropical Africa and Arabia.

Notes:

female is on the right side

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Maria !

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

great capture!

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Aug 1, 2012
Submitted on Aug 3, 2012

Related Spottings

Small Branded Swift Conjoined Swift Conjoined Swift Dark Small-branded Swift

Nearby Spottings

Psyche Yellow Waxtail Spider Sugarcane Looper

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team