Celaenorrhinus pyrrha
| Double Spotted Flat | |
|---|---|
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| 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
- ↑ Card for Celaenorrhinus pyrrha in LepIndex. Accessed 26 September 2007.
- 1 2 3 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
- 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.5, pp 324.
See also
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp 454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
Online
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. (accessed 26 September 2007).
- Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera (accessed 26 September 2007)
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