Biology:Celaenorrhinus pero

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Mussoorie pied flat
Open wing of Celaenorrhinus pero lucifera Leech, -1893- – Eastern Yellow-bordered Spotted Flat ( WLB ) Picture..jpg
Celaenorrhinus pero in Seitz
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species:
C. pero
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus pero
de Nicéville, 1889

Celaenorrhinus pero,[1] the Mussoorie pied flat,[2] is a species of hesperiid butterfly found in South Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Myanmar, North Thailand and western China.[2] In India, the butterfly ranges from Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) to Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland and eastwards towards Myanmar.[2][3]

Status

Rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Celaenorrhinus pero". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=182157.  Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Celaenorrhinus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. 3.0 3.1 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 325, ser no I11.10. 

See also

References

Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. 

Online

Wikidata ☰ Q5057478 entry