Iton semamora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Iton
Species:
I. semamora
Binomial name
Iton semamora
(Moore, 1866)

Iton semamora, the common wight, is a skipper butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia, specifically, Sikkim, Myanmar and peninsular Malaysia.[1] There is large upright hair-tuft on the forewing beneath at the hind-margin . On the hindwing beneath the whole cell is white, and also the adjoining three cells are white excepting the apex.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Page on Iton semamora on Markku Savela's website. Accessed 25 July 2009.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
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