Choaspes benjaminii,[2][3]also known as the Indian awlking[4] or common awlking, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.[5] The species is named after Benjamin Delessert and was described on the basis of a specimen collected by Adolphe Delessert in the Nilgiris.[6]
The Indian awlking is found in Sri Lanka, India, northern Myanmar, Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan.[2]
In India, the Indian awlking ranges from the Palni Hills, Nilgiris and Kodagu in the south to northern and eastern India; from Kulu to Assam and eastwards onto Myanmar.[4][7]
The type locality is Nilgiris in South India.[2]
The Indian awlking is 50 to 60 mm long. It is distinguished by the shining green under hindwing with black veins, orange area with black spots on the tornus.
The male butterfly is shining indigo blue above. It has purplish hairs at the base which turn greenish with age. Cilia of hindwing and anal lobe broadly ochreous red.
The female butterfly is dark shining green with bluish-grey hairs at the base. forewing with a broad pale cupreous brown band on posterior margin; hindwing with a broad ochreous-red lobular patch with black macular upper border and broad central angular streak.[9]
Thorax greyish olive above, vertex bluish olive, abdomen brown; palpi and thorax in front and abdomen beneath, ochreous red.[9]
The Indian awlking is found in heavy jungles from 3,500 to 8,000 feet (1,100 to 2,400 m) in the hills. It is attracted to flowers and animal and bird droppings. It frequents the shade in the daytime but is found flying in the open during the early and late hours of the day.[7]
Larva with broad transverse dorsal black and yellow bands and two rows of white spots along the back; head, two anal segments and laterally below the bands red; face black spotted.[9]
Pupa pinkish grey black spotted. The larva rolls itself upon the tip of the leaf on which it feeds, and when it has eaten this leaf it goes to another, and so on till it changes to pupa.[9]
The larva (caterpillar) has been recorded on Meliosma arnottiana, Meliosma pinnata, Meliosma simplicifolia, Sabia campanulata,[10] Meliosma pungens, Meliosma rhoifolia, Meliosma rigida, Meliosma squamulata,[2] and Buddleja.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 259–261. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. pp. 5–6. Online
Choaspes benjaminii,also known as the Indian awlking or common awlking, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species is named after Benjamin Delessert and was described on the basis of a specimen collected by Adolphe Delessert in the Nilgiris.
Choaspes benjaminii is een vlinder uit de familie van de dikkopjes (Hesperiidae).[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1843 door Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville.
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綠弄蝶（學名：Choaspes benjaminii）是弄蝶科綠弄蝶屬的一種昆蟲，在綠弄蝶屬中並不特別巨大，由於分布廣泛，在東亞及東南亞各地容易見得[1]，翅膀有綠色或黃綠色等金屬色澤，此物種為綠弄蝶屬的模式種，因此得中文名稱為綠弄蝶。[2] 綠弄蝶分布廣，數量多，活動於晨昏或陰天，強烈陽光下，會停留於植物葉片下，飛行速度快。分佈在台灣、東南亞地區、中南半島、韓國及日本等地。幼蟲以清風藤科的山豬肉及筆欏子為寄主植物，幼蟲體色也非常鮮艷。[1]
翅膀腹面具有金屬光澤的亮綠色鱗片，十分美麗[1]。胸部背側附有藍褐色長毛，前翅膀形近於三角形，外緣呈弧形、後翅頗圓，臀區有一葉狀突[3]。
雄蝶在濕地具有吸水習性，幼蟲在冬季有休眠渡冬的習性[3]。
台灣全島，海拔0~2500M[4]。
綠弄蝶（學名：Choaspes benjaminii）是弄蝶科綠弄蝶屬的一種昆蟲，在綠弄蝶屬中並不特別巨大，由於分布廣泛，在東亞及東南亞各地容易見得，翅膀有綠色或黃綠色等金屬色澤，此物種為綠弄蝶屬的模式種，因此得中文名稱為綠弄蝶。 綠弄蝶分布廣，數量多，活動於晨昏或陰天，強烈陽光下，會停留於植物葉片下，飛行速度快。分佈在台灣、東南亞地區、中南半島、韓國及日本等地。幼蟲以清風藤科的山豬肉及筆欏子為寄主植物，幼蟲體色也非常鮮艷。
分類 界 : 動物界 Animalia 門 : 節足動物門 Arthropoda 綱 : 昆虫綱 Insecta 目 : チョウ目（鱗翅目） Lepidoptera 上科 : セセリチョウ上科 Hesperioidea 科 : セセリチョウ科 Hesperiidae 亜科 : アオバセセリ亜科 Coeliadinae 属 : アオバセセリ属 Choaspes 種 : アオバセセリ C. benjaminii 学名 Choaspes benjaminiiアオバセセリ（青羽挵 Choaspes benjaminii）はチョウ目（鱗翅目）セセリチョウ科に属するチョウの一種。
翅の色は緑青色で、後翅の端に橙黄色の範囲がある。前翅長は23-31mm。セセリチョウとしては日本国内で唯一青色の翅を持つ種である。
越冬態は蛹（稀に幼虫）。母蝶は卵を芽や若葉などにそれぞれ単独で産みつける。幼虫の食樹は、アワブキ、ヤマビワ、ミヤマハハソなど。幼虫は黄色と黒のしま模様の体に赤色の頭部を持つ芋虫姿をしている。食樹の葉を丸めて巣をつづりその中に棲む。
成虫は年2回、5-9月頃に発生する。温暖地では10月ごろに第3化が出る場合もある。
本州から沖縄にかけて分布。山地の林縁部や渓流沿いで見られる。
