Aeromachus stigmata
Lateral view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Aeromachus
Species:	A. stigmata
Binomial name
Aeromachus stigmata (Moore, 1878)

Aeromachus stigmata, the veined scrub hopper, is a skipper, a type of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1878.^[1][2][3]

There are three subspecies of Aeromachus stigmata:^[1][4]

• Aeromachus stigmata stigmata (Moore, 1878) – Himalayan veined scrub hopper
• Aeromachus stigmata obsoleta (Moore, 1878) – Patkai veined scrub hopper
• Aeromachus stigmata shanda

The wingspan is 22–28 mm (1–1 in).^[1] The species was described by Edward Yerbury Watson in his 1891 Hesperiidae Indica as:

Male and female. Upperside glossy olive-brown: forewing with a short black bar or brand of raised scales obliquely above the middle of hind margin, and a very indistinct upper discal slightly curved row of six small pale spots: cilia whitish-cinereous, with slight brown bars. Underside paler; costal border of the forewing, veins, and basal interspaces of the hindwing speckled with greenish-grey; forewing with whitish discal maculated band as above, but more distinct, a spot at end of the cell and a marginal row of lunules less distinct; hindwing with a distinct whitish cell-spot and a submarginal and marginal lunular band. Female without the raised bar and the discal band above less distinct.^[1]

Aeromachus stigmata stigmata is distributed from Murree in Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh; the north sest Himalayas, Sikkim and Bhutan. A. s. obsoletus is distributed in north-eastern India, south-eastern Bangladesh, and northern Myanmar. A. s. shanda is found in Myanmar from the northern Shan States to Kayin State.^[1]

They are predominantly found from the foothills to 1700 meter open forest regions. Their flight period is from April to October.^[1] In India, May is the best time to spot them. They fly close to the ground and are sometimes spotted basking on the shrubs or grass.^[1]