Baracus vittatus, the hedge-hopper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Description
In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson described this butterfly as:
Subspecies
- B. v. vittatus <small>(Felder, 1862)</small> Sri Lanka
- B. v. subditus <small>Moore, [1884]</small> south India
- B. v. septentrionum <small>Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]</small> Sikkim to northeast India
- B. v. hampsoni <small>Elwes & Edwards, 1897</small> (Hampson's hedge hopper) south India
- B. v. gotha <small>Evans, 1949</small> Tamil Nadu
Life history
The larvae feed on Gramineae.
See also
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