Baracus vittatus, the hedge-hopper, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.Gamage, R. 2014. An Illustrated Field Guide to the Fauna of Sri Lanka, Butterflies. Akalanka Dunwathta. Baddegama
Description In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson described this butterfly as:
Subspecies B. v. vittatus (Felder, 1862) 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 (Hampson's hedge hopper) south India B. v. gotha Evans, 1949 Tamil Nadu
Life history The larvae feed on Gramineae.Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts
See also Papilionidae List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
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