Taractrocera maevius, commonly known as the Common Grass Dart, is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Field Characteristics

The Common Grass Dart is similar in size and markings to the Tamil Grass Dart Taractrocera ceramas

Taractrocera ceramas

Taractrocera ceramas, commonly known as the Tamil Grass Dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the western Ghats to Bombay, in the hills of southern India and northern Burma....

 Hewitson, but the spots on the fore wings is white. It shares its habits and habitat with the Tamil Grass Dart. However, it is also found away from the hills and is widespread in the plains of Indian peninsula.

Status, Distribution and Habitat

It is one of the commonest of the skippers in the grasslands of the Western Ghats and occurs from low elevations up to montane grasslands. It is also found in grassy clearings in the forests and in rice fields. It occurs in the monsoon and immediate post-monsoon months when the vegetation is green, but occasional specimens may appear in other seasons as well.

The caterpillar feed on various species of grasses, including Rice Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa, commonly known as Asian rice, is the plant species most commonly referred to in English as rice. Oryza sativa is the cereal with the smallest genome, consisting of just 430Mb across 12 chromosomes...

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