List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)

Chestnut Angle Odontoptilum angulatum, a pyrgine skipper found in India.

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Pyrginae of the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. The butterflies of this subfamily are commonly referred to as Flats because of their habit of holding the wings flat at all times. They are also known as angles, elfs or grizzled skippers.

This list forms part of the full list of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) which itself is part of the complete list of butterflies of India.

A total of 69 species belonging to twenty one genera are found in India.

Checklist

Capila - The Dawnflies

Evans (1932) had listed the various spp of Capila under a number of different genera:

Caprona - The Angles

Golden Angle WSF

Carcharodus - The Mallow Skipper

Celaenorrhinus - The Spotted Flats

Chamunda - The Olive Flat

Coladenia - The Pied Flats

Tricolur Flat

Ctenoptilum - The Tawny Angle

Darpa - The Hairy Angle

Gerosis - Yellow-breast Flats

Gomalia - The Marbled Skipper

Marbled Skipper

Lobocla - The Marbled Flat

Mooreana - The Yellow Flat

Odina - The Zigzag Flat

Odontoptilum - The Chestnut Angle

Pseudocoladenia

Fulvous Pied Flat

Pyrgus - The Grizzled Skippers

Sarangesa - The Small Flats

Common Small Flat

Satarupa - The White Flats

Seseria - The White Flats

Spialia - Grizzled Skippers

Tagiades - The Snow Flats

Suffused Snow Flat

Tapena - The Black Angle

BLack Angle DSF
Black Angle WSF

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Capila genus.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Capila Moore 1866. Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Capila in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/]
  3. Card for Capila lidderdali in LepIndex. Accessed 5 November 2007.
  4. Card for Capila phanaeus in LepIndex. Accessed 5 November 2007.
  5. Card for Capila zennara in LepIndex. Accessed 5 November 2007.
  6. Card for Capila jayadeva in LepIndex. Accessed 5 November 2007.
  7. Card for Capila pennicillatum in LepIndex. Accessed 5 November 2007.
  8. Card for Calliana pieridoides in LepIndex. Accessed 5 November 2007.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Caprona genus.
  10. 10.0 10.1 TOL web page on genus Caprona
  11. Card for Caprona ransonnetti in LepIndex. Accessed 22 November 2007.
  12. Card for Caprona agama in LepIndex. Accessed 22 November 2007.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus.
  14. Card for morena in LepIndex. Accessed 31 July 2007.
  15. Card for flavocincta in LepIndex. Accessed 31 July 2007.
  16. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chamunda genus.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Coladenia genus.
  18. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ctenoptilum genus.
  19. 19.0 19.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Darpa genus.
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Gerosis genus.
  21. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Gomalia genus.
  22. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Lobocla genus.
  23. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Mooreana genus.
  24. 24.0 24.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Odina genus.
  25. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Odontoptilum genus.
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Pseudocoladenia genus.
  27. 27.0 27.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera - Page on genus Pyrgus .
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Sarangesa genus.
  29. 29.0 29.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Satarupa genus.
  30. 30.0 30.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Seseria genus.
  31. 31.0 31.1 31.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Spialia genus.
  32. 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.7 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Tagiades genus.
  33. Haribal, 1994:200 Mentions Tagiades parra gala Evans, 1949
  34. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Tapena.
  35. Card for Tapena thwaitesi in LepIndex. Accessed 12 October 2007.
  36. TOL web page on genus Tapena thwaitesi

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