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Cupitha purreea (Wax Dart)

Synonyms: Cupitha alara; Cupitha tympanifera; Pamphila lycorias; Pamphila purreea; Pamphila verruca

Wikipedia Abstract

Cupitha purreea, commonly known as the wax dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and only species of the Cupitha genus.
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Prey / Diet

Terminalia bellirica (myrobalan)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0