Scobura parawoolletti
| Scobura parawoolletti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Scobura |
| Species: | S. parawoolletti |
| Binomial name | |
| Scobura parawoolletti Fan, Chiba & Wang, 2010 | |
Scobura parawoolletti, also known as the Assam forest bob, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India, China and Vietnam. It was described by Xiaoling Fan, Hideyuki Chiba and Min Wang in 2010. This species is monotypic.[1]
Description
This species is similar to Scobura woolletti, but can be distinguished from it by having the underside ground colour ochreous and the white spots surrounded by large black spots.[2]
The upperside is dark brown with the forewing cell spots conjoined and the hindwing having no spots. The underside forewing is brown and covered densely with yellow-brown scales while the underside hindwing is ochreous with large white spots surrounded by large black spots.[2]
References
- ↑ "Divided Forest Bob (Scobura parawoolletti)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- 1 2 Fan, Xiaoling; Chiba, Hideyuki; Wang, Min (2010-12-31). "The genus Scobura Elwes & Edwards, 1897 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)". Zootaxa. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.195589.