Polytremis discreta

Himalayan swift
Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Polytremis
Species:	P. discreta
Binomial name
Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) [1]

Polytremis discreta, the Himalayan swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Distribution

Murree to Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Yunnan

References

1. Elwes & Edwards, 1897 A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 101-324, pl. 18-27 online