Biology:Celaenorrhinus nigricans

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Small banded flat
Open wing nectaring behaviour of Celaenorrhinus nigricans (de Nicéville, 1885) - Small-banded Flat.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species:
C. nigricans
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus nigricans
(de Nicéville, 1885)

Celaenorrhinus nigricans,[1] also known as the small banded flat,[2] is a species of hesperiid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan, China.[2][3] In India, the butterfly ranges from Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.[2][3]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as being not rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Celaenorrhinus nigricans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=182141.  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 3.2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 326, ser no I11.17. 

See also

References

Print

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

Online

Wikidata ☰ Q5057467 entry