Yellow flat facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yellow flat
Figure 20 from William Lucas Distant's Rhopalocera Malayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Mooreana
Species:	M. trichoneura
Binomial name
Mooreana trichoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
Pterygospidea trichoneura C. & R. Felder, 1860 Tagiades trichoneura Pterygospidea trichoneura pralaya Moore, [1866] Tagiades pralaya pellita Fruhstorfer, 1909 Tagiades multipunctata Crowley, 1900 Tagiades trichoneura nivosa Fruhstorfer, 1909 Tagiades trichoneura nava Fruhstorfer, 1909

Mooreana trichoneura, the yellow flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and subfamily Pyrginae (flats). It has a wingspan of 32–36 mm.

Description

Its upperside is dark brown, and the forewing has a number of white hyaline (glass-like) spots and strokes in the outer half of the wing, while the hindwing has a series of black wedge-shaped discal spots and a yellow tornal area. The underside of the hindwing is predominantly yellowish white.

Distribution

The yellow flat has a wide distribution. It ranges from India to Thailand to Malaysia and can even be found in the Philippines. In 2012, it was discovered in Singapore.

Habitat

The yellow flat is usually found in lowland forests up to 833 m (2500 ft).

Habits

Like other butterflies in its subfamily, it flies quickly and usually rests on the underside of a leaf with its wings open flat.

Host plant

• Mallotus paniculatus

Subspecies

• Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura
• Mooreana trichoneura pralaya (Moore, [1866])
• Mooreana trichoneura multipunctata (Crowley, 1900) (Haina)
• Mooreana trichoneura nivosa (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Nias)
• Mooreana trichoneura nava (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Java)

The subspecies of Mooreana trichoneura found in India are:

• Mooreana trichoneura pralaya Moore, 1865 – Yellow-veined Flat