White Dawnfly | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Capila |
Species: | C. pieridoides |
Binomial name | |
Capila pieridoides (Moore, 1878)([1]) |
Capila pieridoides, commonly known as White Dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.
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The butterfly occurs in India in the Northeast Bengal and Assam and eastwards onto Myanmar (Dawnas). It is also found in Thailand and West China.[3][4]
The type locality is Northeast Bengal.[1]
Rare.[4]
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