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Small Branded Swift - Coupling

P1060118 - Small Branded Swift - Size - 32-38 mm

# 203 - 27/01/18 - 17:45 (12:15 GMT)

 

Also Know as - (Pelopidas mathias), the dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift

 

Small 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.

 

Coupling just after the rains in Kalakshetra, Madras ... Happy birding 🐦

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Uploaded on January 27, 2018
Taken on August 24, 2013