Callerebia scanda
| Pallid argus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Callerebia |
| Species: | C. scanda |
| Binomial name | |
| Callerebia scanda Kollar, 1844 | |
Callerebia scanda, the pallid argus, is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.[1][2]
Range
The butterfly is found in Afghanistan,[1] and the Himalayas from Safed Koh, Astor, Chilas, Gilgit, Chitral, Kashmir and Kulu eastwards across to Sikkim.[3][4]
Status
As per William Harry Evans, it is common from Chitral to Sikkim, and not rare westwards.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Callerebia Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ LepIndex shows this taxon as Satyrus swaha. LepIndex considers the genus Aulocera Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 4: 121, TS: Satyrus brahminus Blanchard. to be a junior subjective synonym of Satyrus Latreille 1810 Cons. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 355, 440, TS: Papilio actaea Linnaeus .
- 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 116, ser no D11.3.
- ↑ Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. p. 149.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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