Capila penicillatum

Fringed Dawnfly
Male (above), female (middle), male underside (lower)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species: C. penicillatum
Binomial name
Capila penicillatum
(de Nicéville, 1893)[1]

Capila penicillatum, commonly known as Fringed Dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Meghalaya (Khasi hills) eastwards to Canton, North Vietnam and Hainan.[3][4]

The type locality is Khasi hills.[1]

Status

Very Rare.[4]

Cited references

  1. ^ a b Card for Capila pennicillatum in LepIndex. Accessed 04 November2007.
  2. ^ TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Capila.
  4. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 8.3, pp 323.

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