Celaenorrhinus asmara

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

Celaenorrhinus asmara,^[1] which is commonly called the White-banded Flat,^[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia.

Contents 1 Range 2 Status 3 Cited references 4 See also 5 References 5.1 Print 5.2 Online

[edit] Range

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

[edit] Status

Not Rare in India and Myanmar.^[3]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ Card for Celaenorrhinus asmara in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
3. ^ ^{a b} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.21, pp 327.

[edit] See also

• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
• List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)

[edit] References

[edit] Print

• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
• Haribal, Meena. (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History (pp 217). Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] Online

• Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [1]
• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [2] [accessed 05 December 2006].