Celaenorrhinus munda

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Himalayan Spotted Flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. munda
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus munda
(Moore, 1884)

Celaenorrhinus munda,[1] commonly called Himalayan Spotted Flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia.

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[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Pakistan and Myanmar.[2][3] In India, the butterfly ranges from Jammu and Kashmir to Simla (Himachal Pradesh), onto Sikkim, and eastwards to the Southern Shan states in Myanmar.[2][3]

[edit] Status

Rare.[3]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Card for Celaenorrhinus munda in LepIndex. Accessed 26 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. ^ a b c Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.17, pp 326.

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[edit] References

[edit] Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp 454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] Online

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] (accessed 26 September 2007).
  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [2] (accessed 26 September 2007)