''Thoressa honorei'', commonly known as the Madras ace,
[ is a skipper ]butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
belonging to the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
found in south India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...
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Description
Wing expanse of .
File:Thoressa honorei by Balakrishnan Valappil (7310916528).jpg, Larva (dorsal view)
File:Thoressa honorei by Balakrishnan Valappil (7310916004).jpg, Larva (lateral view)
File:Thoressa honorei by Balakrishnan Valappil (7310915720).jpg, Chrysalis
File:Thoressa honorei by V K Chandrasekharan (cropped).jpg, (dorsal view)
File:MADRAS ACE (Thoressa honorei) 2008 12 07 aralam (7310917474).jpg, Imago (lateral view)
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Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Lionel de Nicéville
Butterflies described in 1887
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