Celaenorrhinus asmara

White-banded flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Celaenorrhinus
Species:	C. asmara
Binomial name
	Celaenorrhinus asmara; (Butler, 1879)

Last updated December 18, 2025

Celaenorrhinus asmara,^[1] commonly known as the white-banded flat,^[2] is a species of hesperiid butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia.It is on both sides quite uni-coloured brown and spotless, except the whitish hyaline spots of the forewing, the number and shape of which is exhibited in the figure

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia.^[2]^[3] The butterfly occurs in India from Assam onward to the Karen Hills in Myanmar.^[4]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that Celaenorrhinus asmara was not rare in India and Myanmar.^[4]

Cited references

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus asmara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Celaenorrhinus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
↑ Vane-Wright, R.I, & de Jong, R. (2003). The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 343, 3–267 https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220217/ page 61
1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 327, ser no I11.21.

References

Print

Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Online

"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
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 15 October 2016.

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[LepIndex_Celaenorrhinus_asmara-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus asmara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

[Savela_Celaenorrhinus-2] 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Celaenorrhinus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae

[3] Vane-Wright, R.I, & de Jong, R. (2003). The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 343, 3–267 https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220217/ page 61

[Evans-4] 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 327, ser no I11.21.

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