Celaenorrhinus pyrrha

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Double Spotted Flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Hesperioidea Family: Hesperiidae Subfamily: Pyrginae Genus: Celaenorrhinus Species: C. pyrrha
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus pyrrha De Nicéville, 1889

Celaenorrhinus pyrrha,^[1] commonly called Double Spotted Flat,^[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South 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, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and the Malay peninsula.^[2] In India, the butterfly ranges from Kumaon (Uttaranchal) to Sikkim, Bhutan and eastwards towards Myanmar.^[2][3]

[edit] Status

Not Rare.^[3]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ Card for Celaenorrhinus pyrrha 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} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.5, pp 324.

[edit] See also

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

[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)