Capila pieridoides
Capila pieridoides, the white dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.
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Range
Male (left) and female (right)
The butterfly occurs in India in north-east Bengal and Assam and eastwards onto Myanmar (Dawnas). It is also found in Thailand and west China.[3][4]
The type locality is northeast Bengal.[1]
Status
It is considered rare.[4]
Cited references
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Calliana pieridoides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- TOL web page on genus Capila
- Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera page on genus Capila.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 323, ser no I 9.1.
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See also
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Vest and Co. Madras.
Online
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2007). Capila Moore 1866. Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Capila/95329/2007.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
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