Thoressa astigmata

Southern spotted ace
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Thoressa
Species:	T. astigmata
Binomial name
	Thoressa astigmata; (C. Swinhoe, 1890)

Thoressa astigmata, the southern spotted ace,^[1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1890.^[2]^[1] It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India and is found in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.^[1]^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 43.
^ Savela, Markku (11 February 2019). "Thoressa astigmata (Swinhoe, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ Evans, W. H. (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 253.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1912–1913). Lepidoptera Indica: Volume X. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 284.