Taractrocera ceramas, commonly known as the Tamil grass dart, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Western Ghats to Mumbai, in the hills of southern India, in northeast India to northern Burma and in south-eastern China.
Description
Subspecies
- Taractrocera ceramas nicevillei <small>Watson, 1893</small> (Maharashtra)
- Taractrocera ceramas oberthuri <small>Elwes & Edwards, 1897</small> (Anaimalai Hills, Tamil Nadu)
- Taractrocera ceramas atropunctata <small>Watson, 1896</small> (north-eastern India, northern Burma)
- Taractrocera ceramas ceramas (Nilgiris, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, part of Karnataka)
- Taractrocera ceramas media <small>Evans, 1934</small> (Uttara Kannada, Goa)
- Taractrocera ceramas thelma <small>Evans, 1934</small> (Kwang Si, China)
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