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Actinor radians (Moore, 1878) (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Aeromachini): addition to the butterfly fauna of ,

Bitupan Boruah, Rajesh Chahal & Abhijit Das

26 March 2021 | Vol. 13 | No. 3 | Pages: 18039–18041 DOI: 10.11609/jot.5938.13.3.18039-18041

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Actnor radians (Moore, 1878) (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Aeromachini): additon to the buterfy fauna of Haryana, India

Bitupan Boruah 1 , Rajesh Chahal 2 & Abhijit Das 3

1,3 Wildlife Insttute of India, Post Box: 18, Chandrabani, , Utarakhand 248002, India. 2 Kalesar Natonal Park, , Haryana 135021, India. 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected]

Actnor Watson, 1893 is a monotypic genus through Kashmir, (Kangra, , Simla) represented by Actnor radians (Moore, 1878). The and north () within an elevaton range species is distributed in western Himalaya (from of 600–2,400 m (van Gasse 2017). Kumaon in India to Chitral in ) (Evans 1932). In one of our visits to Kalesar Natonal Park (KNP), Moore (1878) described the species from Dharmasala, Haryana (Figure 1), we encountered a single individual Himachal Pradesh under the genus Halpe Moore, 1878. of A. radians (Image 1) at 21.04h on 09 August 2019. Subsequently, the species was reported from Mandi, We photographed the species and later identfed with Himachal Pradesh (Elwes & Edwards 1897), the help of the descripton provided by Moore (1878), (Mackinnon & de Nicéville 1898), Utzen Valley (Leslie & Watson (1893), Elwes & Edwards (1897), Sondhi & Evans 1903; Evans 1910), and Chitral in Pakistan (Evans Kunte (2018), and the photograph available in www. 1912). Singh & Bhandari (2003) included the species ifoundbuterfies.org (Anonymous 2020). The species in the list of Dehra-Dun valley following Mackinnon & recorded from KNP is confrmed as A. radians by the de Nicéville (1898). (2010) recorded the species combinaton of the following characters: discal band of from Jharipani and Bhata Phal Village of the forewing is irregular and contnuous, lower angle of based on the collecton of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) the spots of the discal band contnued outward along in 2003 and 2002 respectvely; however, the authors did the veins; three apical spots on forewing shifed in from not provide detailed informaton on the record of the the discal band; the post discal band of the hindwing species. Interestngly, this record has not been cited contnuous from the vein 1b to 6, the medial band from in the list of buterfies from Garhwal, Utarakhand by the vein 1b passes across end cell upto vein 8, top most Singh & Sondhi (2016), though Sondhi & Kunte (2018) do spot between vein 7 and 8 of the hindwing shifed out menton the ZSI records. Recently, Tshikolovets & Pagès from the medial band; a basal spot present between (2016) reported the species from Kohala, Muzzafarabad, upper border of the cell and vein 8 on the hindwing; Pakistan at an elevaton range of 700–800 m. Currently, margin of the hindwing yellow; vein 2 of the hindwing this scarce species is known from Chitral to Utarakhand nearer to the end cell than the base of the wing; vein 3

Editor: Sanjay Sondhi, Titli Trust, Dehradun, India. Date of publicaton: 26 March 2021 (online & print)

Citaton: Boruah, B., R. Chahal & A. Das (2021). Actnor radians (Moore, 1878) (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Aeromachini): additon to the buterfy fauna of Haryana, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(3): 18039–18041. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.5938.13.3.18039-18041

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Acknowledgements: We are thankful to Haryana Forest Department and Director, Wildlife Insttute of India for giving us permission to visit Kalesar Natonal Park. We thank the forest staf for their help during the visit and Amir Lone, Pallavi Ghaskadbi, & Kumudani Bala Gautam for helping in this work.

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Figure 1. Kalesar Natonal Park and recorded locality of Actnor radians (Moore, 1878).

Image 1. Actnor radians (Moore, 1878) on © Bitupan Boruah grass blade of Saccharum bengalense.

of the hindwing originates immediately before the end (Image 1). The bank of the stream at the recorded site is cell; vein 5 of the hindwing distnctly traceable; vein 7 mostly covered by Saccharum bengalense, Parthenium of the hindwing is close to end cell and originatng at an hysterophorus along with other shrubs and some broad acute angle; all the veins and discal bands pale yellow; leaf trees, bamboo at the edge (Image 2). antennae with slender club and sharp hook at the tp. Kalesar Natonal Park is located in the eastern part We recorded the species near a perennial stream of Yamunanagar, Haryana, in the Shivalik range, south (30.314˚N & 77.564˚E) at an elevaton of 345m, of Himalaya. The river described the eastern approximately 70m downstream of Chand Sot dam boundary of the park. The park is primarily dominated in Tajewala, southeastern part of KNP. The individual by Sal and Khair forest with scatered grassland. was observed perching on a grass blade of Saccharum The present record of Actnor radians from KNP is the bengalense at a height of one meter above ground lowest distributon limit (elevaton 345m). The present

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Image 2. Habitat at the locaton where Actnor © Bitupan Boruah radians was sighted.

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