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Baracus vittatus

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==
Subspecies
B. v. vittatus (Felder, 1862) Sri Lanka • B. v. subditus Moore, [1884] south India • B. v. septentrionum Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887] Sikkim to northeast India • B. v. hampsoni Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (Hampson's hedge hopper) south India • B. v. gotha Evans, 1949 Tamil Nadu ==Life history==
Life history
The larvae feed on Gramineae. File:Hampsons hedgehopper larva making cell (3652605310).jpg|Larva File:Hampsons hedgehopper pupa (3651807551).jpg|Chrysalis File:Hampsons hedgehoper pupa one day before emergence (3652607036).jpg|Chrysalis File:Hampson's Hedge Hopper Baracus hampsoni UP DSC 8460 (1).jpg|Imago (dorsal view) File:Life history of hampsons hedgehopper (3651810037).jpg|Imago (ventral view) ==See also==
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