Thoressa honorei

Madras ace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Thoressa
Species:
T. honorei
Binomial name
Thoressa honorei
Synonyms

Halpe honorei

Thoressa honorei, commonly known as the Madras ace,[1] is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in south India.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 44. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Thoressa Swinhoe, [1913]". Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. ^ de Nicéville, Lionel (1887). Descriptions of some new or little-known Butterflies from India, with some Notes on the seasonal Dimorphism obtaining in the Genus Melaniti. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. p. 464.
  4. ^ "Thoressa honorei de Nicéville, 1887 – Sahyadri Orange Ace". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  5. ^ W. H., Evans (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 252.
  6. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. Vol. 10. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 286–288.