Capila penicillatum

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Fringed dawnfly
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From top: male, female and male underside
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species:
C. penicillatum
Binomial name
Capila penicillatum

Capila penicillatum, commomly known as the fringed dawnfly, [2] [3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

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Range

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]

Status

It is very rare. [4]

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila penicillatum". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. 1 2 Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Capila.
  4. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 323, ser no I 8.3.

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