Celaenorrhinus pyrrha

Double Spotted Flat
Male, female and male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. pyrrha
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus pyrrha
de Nicéville, 1889

Celaenorrhinus pyrrha,[1] commonly called Double Spotted Flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and the Malay peninsula.[2] In India, the butterfly ranges from Kumaon (Uttarakhand) to Sikkim, Bhutan and eastwards towards Myanmar.[2][3]

Status

Not Rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. Card for Celaenorrhinus pyrrha in LepIndex. Accessed 26 September 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.5, pp 324.

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