Celaenorrhinus sumitra

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Celaenorrhinus sumitra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species:
C. sumitra
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus sumitra
(Moore, [1866]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Plesioneura sumitraMoore, [1866]

Celaenorrhinus sumitra is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in India.

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References

  1. "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms