Quedara basiflava

Golden flitter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Quedara
Species:	Q. basiflava
Binomial name
	Quedara basiflava; (de Nicéville, 1888)

Quedara basiflava, the yellow-base flitter ^[1] or golden flitter,^[2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and is endemic to India's Western Ghats.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Kunte, K. and K. Saji. 2013. Quedara basiflava de Nicéville, 1888 – Yellow-base Flitter. In K. Kunte, S. Kalesh & U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 1.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. [1]
^ ^a ^b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 51–52. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Quedara.
^ E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company. p. 130.
^ W. H., Evans (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 304.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X. Vol. 10. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 203.