Celaenorrhinus munda

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Himalayan Spotted Flat
ssp. maculicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
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.

Range

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

Status

Rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. Card for Celaenorrhinus munda in LepIndex. Accessed 26 September 2007.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.17, pp 326.

See also

References

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.

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. (accessed 26 September 2007).
  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera (accessed 26 September 2007)



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