Capila lidderdali

Lidderdale's Dawnfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species: C. lidderdali
Binomial name
Capila lidderdali
(Elwes, 1888)[1]

Capila lidderdali, commonly known as Lidderdale's Dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in Nepal, Sikkim,[4] Bhutan,[5] Northeast India (Assam) and also in Laos.[3]

The type locality is Darjeeling.[1]

Status

Very Rare in Bhutan.[5]

Cited references

  1. ^ a b Card for Capila lidderdali in LepIndex. Accessed 04 November2007.
  2. ^ TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera page on genusCapila.
  4. ^ Listed in Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim, ser 546, pg 196.
  5. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 6.1, pp 322.

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