Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Actinor
Species: A. radians
Actinor radians, the veined dart,[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, Actinor being a monotypic Himalayan genus.[2]
Description
Male. Upperside luteous-brown, basal hairy scales yellow. Cilia cinereous-white: forewing with a pale-yellow constricted spot at end of the cell, and an irregular transverse continuous discal band of spots with their lower angles continued outward along the veins; hindwing with a yellow streak at end of the cell and a short discal band with outer rays. Underside paler, minutely speckled with yellowish-white; forewing as above, the hind margin being also broadly yellow; hindwing with a subbasal spot, all the veins, and two (a median and a discal) transverse sinuous bands pale yellow. Palpi, body beneath and legs yellowish-white.
— Edward Yerbury Watson, under Halpe radians 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae.[3]
Wingspan of 1.5 inches.
Distribution
The butterfly occurs from Chitral to Kumaon in the Himalayas up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m).[4]
Status
It is not rare.[4]
Cited references
Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Actinor.
Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Actinor Watson 1893. Actinor radians (Moore 1878). Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). [1] in The Tree of Life Web Project.
Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae. Vest and co. Madras
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 396, ser no I86.1.
See also
Hesperiidae
List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae)
List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
References
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
Tree of Life Web Project [2].
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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