Pelopidas assamensis, the great swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It was found in the Mandai area of Singapore. The caterpillar was discovered in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve feeding on a bamboo plant.[1]
| Great swift | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pelopidas |
| Species: | P. assamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville, 1882)
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References
edit- ^ "Pelopidas assamensis". Butterfly Circle Website. ButterflyCircle.com. 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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