Pseudocoladenia dan
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Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Hesperiidae - Pyrginae - Pseudocoladenia - dan (Fabricius, 1787)
wingspan - 28-34mm, wing colour - reddish-brown upper and under with several dark diffused patches, 2 large silvery or white (variable) hyaline spots at end of forewing cell plus there are other large and small yellow or gold spots, eye colour - brown, proboscis colour - not known, antennae colour - mottled yellow/black with black clubs, abdomen colour - brown, leg colour - not known, flight - fast
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India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
most of the year depending on location
rainforest, humid deciduous forest, forest margins, occasionally urban parks and gardens; up to 2500m a.s.l.
¦¦ egg 4 days ¦¦ instar1 4 days ¦¦ instar2 4 days ¦¦ instar3 5-6 days ¦¦ instar4 6-7 days ¦¦
¦¦ instar5 7 days ¦¦ pupa 6-7 days ¦¦ Total egg-adult 29-32 days. All times approximate.
multivoltine
Achyranthes aspera, Achyranthes bidentata, Cyathula prostrata (Amaranthaceae), Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae)
Actual host plant used depends upon location and availabilty of plant species.
Nectar: Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Sida acuta (Malvaceae), Asystasia gangetica (Acanthaceae)
NOTE: there may be other plant species visited but not yet observed or recorded
Other: mud puddling, carrion, bird droppings
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| A larval host plant Mimosa pudica |
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| A nectar source Asystasia gangetica |
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