Celaenorrhinus ruficornis
| Tamil spotted flat | |
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| 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] 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][4][5]
A record in Calcutta may be vagrant or mistaken.[6]
Description
The butterfly has a wingspan of 45 to 50 mm. The butterflies resemble the common spotted flat except 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.[6]
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.[6]
Life history
Food plants: Phaulopsis, Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae).[7]
Cited references
- ↑ Card for ruficornis in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.
- 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
- ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 327, ser no I11.20.
- ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 324, ser no I11.2.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 460–461. ISBN 978-8170192329.
- ↑ As per Igarashi & Fukuda (2000) which provide illustrations of food plant, 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.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
Online
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- 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/.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".