Celaenorrhinus ruficornis
| Tamil Spotted Flat | |
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| Tamil Spotted Flat Calaenorrhinus ruficornis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Celaenorrhinus |
| Species: | C. ruficornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Celaenorrhinus ruficornis (Mabille, 1878)[1] | |
Celaenorrhinus ruficornis,[2] commonly known as the Tamil Spotted Flat,[3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India in the Western Ghats, Nilgiris and the Palni hills.[2][3][4]
A record in Calcutta may be vagrant or mistaken.[5]
Status
Common on the Western Ghats.[5]
Description
- For a key to the terms used see the glossary of Lepidopteran terms.
The butterfly has a wingspan of 45 to 50 mm. The butterflies resemble the Common Spotted Flat excepting that the discal spot in 2 and the spot end cell of the forewing are separate. The upper hindwing is only obscurely marked. The antenna is chequered and has a white club.[5]
Habits
It is common along the Western Ghats, especially during the monsoon. It may be caught in the daytime by beating out roadside patches of Lantana camara.[5]
Life history
Foodplants: Phaulopsis, Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae).[6]
Cited references
- ↑ Card for ruficornis in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.20, pp 327.
- ↑ Evans (1932) gives range of C.r. area Plotz as South India to Bengal; C. r. ruficornis, Mabille as Java and C. r. celebica Evans, 1932 as Sulawesi. Reorganisation of the species appears to have led to restriction of the range of the species.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 460 - 461.
- ↑ As per Igarashi & Fukuda (2000) which provide illustrations of foodplant, larva and pupa vide this site.
See also
- Pyrginae
- Hesperiidae
- List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
- List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, 9 figs, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2000) Butterflies of Peninsular India, (i to xviii, pp254, Plates 1 to 32) Universities Press (India) Ltd, Hyderabad (reprint 2006). ISBN 81-7371-354-5.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, 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. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 29 October 2007].
- Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Celaenorrhinus Hübner 1819. Ancistrocampta C. Felder & R. Felder 1862 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym. Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Celaenorrhinus/95353/2007.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/.
- Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera and some other life forms (accessed 29 October 2007).