Fringed dawnfly | |
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From top: male, female and male underside | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Capila |
Species: | C. penicillatum |
Binomial name | |
Capila penicillatum (de Nicéville, 1893) [1] | |
Capila penicillatum, commomly known as the fringed dawnfly, [2] [3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.
The butterfly occurs in India from Meghalaya (Khasi hills) eastwards to Canton, northern Vietnam and Hainan. [3] [4]
The type locality is the Khasi Hills. [1]
It is very rare. [4]
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