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
- B. v. vittatus Sri Lanka
- B. v. subditus Moore, south India
- B. v. septentrionum Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, Sikkim to northeast India
- B. v. hampsoni Elwes & Edwards, 1897 south India
- B. v. gotha Evans, 1949 Tamil Nadu