Capila pieridoides

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White dawnfly
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species:
C. pieridoides
Binomial name
Capila pieridoides
(Moore, 1878)( [1] )
Synonyms
  • Calliana pieridoidesMoore, 1878

Capila pieridoides, commonly known as 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) CallianaPieridoides 754 3.jpg
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 western China. [3] [4]

The type locality is northeast Bengal. [1]

Status

It is considered 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). "Calliana pieridoides". 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 9.1.

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