Taractrocera ceramas, commonly known as the Tamil grass dart, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Western Ghats to Mumbai, in the hills of southern India, in northeast India to northern Burma and in south-eastern China.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tamil Grass Dart being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Taractrocera luzonensis
- Ampittia dioscorides
- Potanthus pseudomaesa
- Taractrocera ardonia
- Potanthus trachala
- Ampittia virgata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Taractrocera
- Species
- Taractrocera ceramas
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