Celaenorrhinus pyrrha

Double Spotted Flat
Male, female and male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
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.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and the Malay peninsula.[2] In India, the butterfly ranges from Kumaon (Uttarakhand) to Sikkim, Bhutan and eastwards towards Myanmar.[2][3]

Status

Not Rare.[3]

Cited references

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

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