Choaspes plateni

Branded Awlking
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Choaspes
Species: C. plateni
Binomial name
Choaspes plateni
(Staudinger, 1888)[1][2][3]

Choaspes plateni,[1][2] commonly known as the Branded Awlking, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in Asia.

Range

The Branded Awlking is found in India (Sikkim, Assam), south Myanmar (including Mergui), Malaysia, the Indonesian archipelago (including Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, Palawan), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Hainan.[1]

Status

Rare.[4]

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera - page on genus Choaspes.
  2. 2.0 2.1 TOL web page on genus Choaspes
  3. Card for Choaspes plateni in LepIndex. Accessed 12 October 2007.
  4. Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 4.5, pg 321.

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