Water Snow Flat

Tagiades litigiosa · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Hesperiidae

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Water Snow Flat
Photo: Gopakumar VR Namboothiri, CC BY

The water snow flat is a skipper butterfly found in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Its caterpillars feed on yam species (Dioscorea oppositifolia, D. alata) and on Smilax plants. The upper side of the forewing is darker than in the similar T. menaka, with two extra black spots, and the hindwing has a smaller white area.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Hindwing white space is generally smaller than in T. menaka and lacks the two black spots that appear within the white area.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in the regions of India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

The caterpillars eat the same host plants: Dioscorea oppositifolia, D. alata and Smilax.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It looks similar to T. menaka but is usually more densely black on the forewing.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Hesperiidae)

Fiery SkipperFiery SkipperHylephila phyleusDamages trees, gardens or cropsSilver-spotted SkipperSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsHuron SkipperHuron SkipperAtalopedes huronLarge SkipperLarge SkipperOchlodes sylvanusZabulon SkipperZabulon SkipperLon zabulonPeck's SkipperPeck's SkipperPolites peckius

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagiades_litigiosa

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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