Biology:Callerebia scanda
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Pallid argus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Callerebia |
| Species: | C. scanda
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| Binomial name | |
| Callerebia scanda Kollar, 1844
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Callerebia scanda, the pallid argus, is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.[1][2]
Range
The butterfly is found in Afghanistan,[1] and the Himalayas from Safed Koh, Astor, Chilas, Gilgit, Chitral, Kashmir and Kulu eastwards across to Sikkim.[3][4]
Status
As per William Harry Evans, it is common from Chitral to Sikkim, and not rare westwards.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Callerebia Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ LepIndex shows this taxon as Satyrus swaha.[Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Satyrus swaha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=145074. ] LepIndex considers the genus Aulocera Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 4: 121, TS: Satyrus brahminus Blanchard to be a junior subjective synonym of Satyrus Latreille 1810 Cons. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 355, 440, TS: Papilio actaea Linnaeus.[Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Satyrus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=144610.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 116, ser no D11.3.
- ↑ Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. p. 149.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ.
Wikidata ☰ Q5021906 entry
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